Loktantra Day being observed

The first Loktantra Day is being observed by organising various programmes across the country on Tuesday.

The country had ushered into a new momentum owing to the 19-day-long peaceful Jana Aandolan (the people's movement) launched on the forefront of eight political parties last year.

A special celebratory program organized by the main Democracy Day Celebrations Organizing Committee to mark the first anniversary of the Jana Aandolan II was organized at the Army Pavilion in the capital presided by Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala today.

Likewise, rallies and other programs were organized outside the valley to mark the first anniversary of Loktantra Day.

A pair of Nepal Army helicopters showered flower petals from the skies above Tundikhel where the various security forces staged a march past while various ethnic and indigenous groups paraded in traditional regalia.

The program was attended by Speaker of the Interim Legislature-Parliament, chief justice, ministers of the interim government, high-level government officials, heads of security agencies, representatives of the United Nations and envoys of various nations.

The statue of Bhim Sen Dahal, the first martyr claimed by the uprising was garlanded today amidst a function at Pokhara's Bhim Sen chowk attended by leaders and cadres of various political parties, government employees and students.

Likewise, political parties, civil society and various quarters of society organized programs to mark the day.