Constitution upholds people’s rights: PM

Kathmandu, Sept. 18

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba said that the Constitution of Nepal has ensured the rights of all by embracing global norms of democracy and human rights.

In a message issued on the occasion of the Constitution Day, he maintained that the Constitution issued by the Constituent Assembly on Asoj 3 of Nepali calendar seven years ago under the leadership of the Nepali Congress was an important achievement of a long struggle for democracy.

Paying homage to the martyrs who laid their lives for the revolutionary changes in the country and remembering those who underwent physical, economic, psychological and other losses in the process, PM Deuba stated that the country was successfully ushered to the federal structure under the leadership of the NC with the support from all other political parties and citizens in the country.

On the occasion, PM Deuba reiterated that the government’s main aim was to completely vaccinate all Nepali citizens against the COVID-19 by the end of Nepali year 2079, which falls in mid-April 2022.

“I urged one and all to face the pandemic with adequate caution and strong confidence,” he said.

He stated that the need of the time was to lead the country on the path of economic development by strengthening the democratic republic governance system.

According to PM Deuba, the government was putting in its efforts to implement the constitution in a way that lets people experience change.

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 18 September 2021.