Government Decides to Celebrate National Democracy Day Over Three Days

Kathmandu. National Democracy Day will be grandly celebrated over three days. The government has decided to celebrate it on the upcoming Falgun 6, 7, and 8 in memory of the day when democracy was first established in Nepal by ending the Rana regime on Falgun 7, 2007 BS.

A meeting held on Thursday at Singha Durbar under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Sushila Karki decided to celebrate Democracy Day for three days and also formed the main celebration committee.

The committee, chaired by the Prime Minister, includes ministers of the Government of Nepal, mayors of all municipalities in the Kathmandu Valley, the Chief Secretary of the Government of Nepal, the Chief of Army Staff, secretaries of the Government of Nepal, and the chiefs of the Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, and National Investigation Department. The Secretary of the Ministry of Home Affairs is the member-secretary of the main celebration committee.

According to the decision, various programs will be held across Nepal and at Nepali embassies, diplomatic missions, and consulates abroad for three days. The main ceremony program will be held at the Army Parade Ground, Tundikhel, in Kathmandu.

Prime Minister Sushila Karki stated that National Democracy Day, Falgun 7, is extremely important for us.

She mentioned that the movement held on Bhadra 23 and 24 last year brought change to the country.