Rajbiraj, Jan. 27: Chairman of Nepal Sadbhavana Party Gajendra Narayan Singh has expressed the confidence that as Nepal has political, social, economic and cultural relations with India the close ties of friendship subsisting between the two countries will continue for ever.
Chairman Singh made the remark at a symposium organised by Nepal-Bharat Maitri Sangh, Saptari, here Wednesday to mark the Republic Day of India.
“Nepal always wants to strengthen her natural bonds with India,” he said, expressing the belief that democracy would continue to exist in Nepal as long as India remained a republic.
“Nepali National Congress was established in India on this day to end the Rana Regime in Nepal,” he recalled, describing as impracticable some people’s view that Nepal’s border with indian should be sealed and passport system introduced for movement across the border.
“India has to play important role in the development and prosperity of Nepal and vice versa,” he said.
On the occasion, lecturer Hari Kant Lal Das described India’s contribution to ending British emperialism in Asia as exemplary and said India always opposed violence, which had its influence in Nepal also.
Senior Advocate Himmat Singh said Nepalese people took active role in Indian freedom movement because of Indian people’s support for democratic movement in Nepal.
At the programme presided over by chairman of the Sangh Dr Pitamber Jha, social worker Jaskaran Sharada, senior Advocate Kunj Bihari Prasad Singh, Vijayendra Jha and Yashodananda Mishra and others also expressed their views.
In Taulihawa meanwhile, MP Brijesh Kumar Gupta, while speaking at function held by Nepal-Bharat Maitri Sangh (Taulihawa) to mark the Republic Day of India, said that as some elements were trying to strain Indo-Nepalese relations the governments of both Nepal and india should be alert against such elements and do the needful to strengthen their relations.
MP Dan Bahadur Chaudhary said the two friendly countries should go on strengthening the bilateral relations on the basis of mutual agreement and understanding.
Legislator from Siddharthanagar District of India, Rabindra Pratap Chaudhary said both the governments should continue talks through diplomatic channels to further strengthen their bilateral relations.
Chairman of the Sangh Narasingh Chaudhary presided over the function.
Meanwhile in Malangwa, inaugurating the sixth district council of Sarlahi District Development Committee here Wednesday, MP Nagendra Raya said that as the government had earmarked necessary fund for construction of embankment on Lakhandehi River which was causing trouble to the people of the district the works in that connection would be initiated soon
Embankments were also to be built to take such rivers as Kalinjor, Phuljor, Harion, Banke and Bagmati which caused considerable damage, he said.
MP Mahendra Raya said the so-called maoist were spreading violence and vandalising people’ property against the very tenets of Maoism.
MP Ramchandra Raya stressed the need for the District Development Committee to focus on development of villages.
DDC Chairman Nanda Lal Raya presented a budget of Rs 92.31 million for the coming fiscal year.
Senior Chairman Shiva Prasad Dhungana presided over the district assembly.