KATHMANDU, June 29: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that unity within diversity is our national identity and pride.

Extending best wishes to all Nepalis including the Muslim community at home and abroad on the happy occasion of the Bakra Eid (Eid-ul-Azha) festival, he said that our country with multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multicultural, multi-religious and geographically diverse features is constitutionally a secular state.

Prime Minister Dahal said that the practice of different religions and cultures encourages our society to move forward with mutual respect. He also said that religious and cultural festivals with such diverse characteristics have contributed significantly to strengthening national unity by maintaining cultural unity, social harmony and religious tolerance.

Expressing the belief that Bakra Eid celebrated as a form of social harmony and family reunion would further strengthen national unity, social harmony and mutual friendship, he has also wished that may the festival inspire the Muslim community and Nepalis as a whole to move forward on the path of freedom and prosperity.

(RSS)

 
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