KATHMANDU, Feb 11: The government has decided to observe the 70th National Democracy Day in a grand manner with the ownership and involvement of the people at large.
The meeting of the National Democracy Day Main Celebration Committee today decided to form various sub-committees to make preparations for the event to be marked on Falgun 7.
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The meeting was held in presence of the Committee Chair Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
Accordingly, the publicity sub-committee has been formed under the chair of Minister of Communications and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Banskota, state decoration and management sub-committee led by mayor of Kathmandu Bidya Sundar Shakya and ground, drill and exercise management sub-committee under the chair of CDO of Kathmandu Janak Raj Dahal.
The celebrations will take place for three days on Falgun 6, 7 and 8, said Home Secretary Maheswar Neupane. A special function will be held on the main day i.e. Falgun 7 in the presence of President Bidya Devi Bhandari at Tundikhel.
Meanwhile, the government has decided to request one and all to light lamps in the evenings of Falgun 6, 7 and 8. The Nepali diplomatic missions will also be organising a variety of programmes for three days to mark the democracy day.
Falgun 7 is observed as the national democracy day in commemoration of the establishment of democracy in the country, following the end of the 104-year-old autocratic Rana regime in 2007 B.S. (1951).
