RSP Leader Balen Shah: No One Can Afford to Ignore the Sacrifice of Martyrs

Kathmandu. Senior leader of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), Balen Shah, stated that no one has the luxury of ignoring the sacrifices made by the martyrs. He made this statement while issuing a message on social media on the occasion of Martyrs' Day.

'It has been 85 years since Ganga Lal Shrestha, Dasharath Chand, Dharma Bhakta Mathema, and Shukra Raj Shastri, who struggled demanding the end of the Rana regime, were brutally executed by the then state. Ten years after that, the Rana regime ended, but the state did not become the people's. Even after this, the Nepali people had to continue struggling. In 85 years, the system changed time and again, but the character of the power structure did not change,' he said in his message.

He further stated, 'Just like 85 years ago, this time too, youth and students who peacefully protested demanding good governance and an end to corruption during the Bhadau's 'Janjati' movement had to sacrifice their precious lives. Now we are moving forward on the path to fulfill the dreams of those martyrs. The responsibility lies on our shoulders to end the deeply rooted corruption that has persisted for a long time, establish good governance, and make Nepal an economically advanced nation. We have the responsibility to end the extreme partisanship within state bodies and make the state accountable and transparent. The time has come to honor the blood of the martyrs and fulfill their dreams: to build a country with good governance, free from corruption.'

Shah offered heartfelt tributes to all the martyrs, expressing the hope that no one else would have to become a martyr again.