Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said that the country’s national unity will be stronger from reconciliation among all castes and religious communities.
While addressing a function organised on the occasion of National Unity and Reconciliation Day at the BP Museum in Sundarijal on Friday, Prime Minister and Nepali Congress (NC) President Deuba said the NC would forward the country maintaining national unity on the basis of the reconciliation policy propounded by BP Koirala.
Recalling that the Federal Constitution was promulgated under the leadership of the Nepali Congress, he said that he was committed to making Nepal a prosperous country by strengthening republican system and federalism.
He also underlined the need for making the national unity stronger and stressed unity and co-operation among all seven provinces.
Prime Minister Deuba added, “In federalism, reconciliation and unity should be maintained among seven provinces to make our national unity stronger.”
He also said the reconciliation policy introduced by late BP Koirala was still equally relevant and it should be forwarded ahead.
Prime Minister Deuba garlanded the statutes of BP Koirala, Ganeshman Singh and others on the occasion.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Deuba expressed his belief that the National Reconciliation Day would give inspiration to all political parties for safeguarding nationalism and democracy. Issuing a message on the occasion of the Day, PM Deuba said consensus and collaboration were necessary for the protection of nationality and democracy.
Deuba stressed that reconciliation, dialogue, consensus and collaboration were essential among all the national forces committed to nationality and democracy.
Stating that the policy propounded by BP Koirala in course of the democratic movement in the country has a high significance, PM Deuba said, “BP Koirala had returned to Nepal from political exile in India with the goal of protecting nationalism and establishing democracy despite facing life sentence from the then political regime. This day has been motivating us for our commitment towards patriotism and democracy.”
The founder leader of the Nepali Congress, BP Koirala, had returned to Nepal from political exile in India on Poush 16, 2033 BS (December 30, 1976) espousing the ‘national unity and reconciliation’ policy. The Nepali Congress has been commemorating this day as the National Unity and Reconciliation Day.
Meanwhile, Nepali Congress general secretary Bishwa Prakash Sharma has said that the national reconciliation policy of BP would help maintain national unity.
Speaking at a programme organised on the occasion in Pokhara, Sharma said that the national reconciliation policy introduced in 1976 was equally relevant and that must be pushed forward as BP thoughts.
Source : TRN,
