On the eve of Nepal becoming a republic, celebrations began from Tuesday evening in the capital, The Kathmandu Post reported on Wednesday.
Nepal Bar Association (NBA), the umbrella forum of lawyers in the country, organized festival of lights in its central office in Kathmandu to mark the declaration of republic in the country.
Lawyers gathered at the office premises and lit candles Tuesday evening.
"This marks the occasion when we are getting rid of autocratic period and the beginning of democratic republic in the country," Bishwa Kant Mainali, NBA president, told the gathering of the lawyers.
"This occasion is the beginning of prosperity and progress in the country," he said while congratulating the Nepali people.
Similarly, artistes also began celebration of republic from Tuesday evening. They organized a cultural program in Khulamanch at Ratna Park.
Meanwhile, the Communist Party Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), Tamsaling Nepal Rastriya Dal and Nepal Sukumbasi Party jointly took out a torch rally on Tuesday evening to pressure the government to immediately implement a federal democratic republic by abolishing monarchy at the first CA meeting on Wednesday.
Source:Xinhua
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