Kathmandu, Feb. 18:

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has said that the country has come at a juncture when people's decades-long aspiration of development and proepserity would be fulfilled.

Issuing a congratulatory message on the occasion of 69^th Democracy Day, he reiterated that the present government was committed to achieve the goal of 'Prosperous Nepal, Happy Nepali' with econoic and social transformation.

"We have defeated the autocratic regimes and dictatorships, and now launched a fight against poverty, unemployment, backwardness, social segregation and anti-development. We are heading towards a fully democratic society with econmic development and social justice," said the PM in his message.

He expressed tribute to the martyrs who sacrificed their life while fighting against the tyrrannical Rana regime. He said that the very sacrifice had laid the foundation of new system and new constitution in the country. 

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 19 February 2019.