Kathmandu, May 6The government has decided to observe the upcoming Republic Day for three days, and has formed a committee to facilitate the celebrations.A assembly held nowadays at the home ministry formed the Republic Day Main Celebrations Committee under the chair of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and decided to observe the Day for three days from May 28 to 30 by organising various programmes at home and Nepali Missions abroad.Nepal celebrates Republic Day on 15th of Jeshtha in the Nepali calendar every year.
This year, the day falls on May 29.The committee comprises Chief Justice Cgapndra Shumsher JB Rana; Speaker of the Home of Representatives Krishna Bahadur Mahara; National Assembly Chair Ganesh Prasad Timilsina; former president Ram Baran Yadav; sitting ministers and former prime ministers, among others.Similarly a publicity sub-committee has been constituted under the coordination of Minister of Communications and Information Technology Gokul Prasad Baskota.
The main celebration committee sub-body comprises chiefs of District Coordination Committee of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur; secretary at the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology; general manager of Rastriya Samachar Samiti; chairs of Nepal Television and Gorkhapatra Sansthan; and Radio Nepal executive director, among others.Similarly, other various sub-committees have been formed for the celebration.The main celebrations take place on May 29.
The main celebration committee chair and members and people from different walks of life including civil service employees, government employees, security personnel, political party leaders and cadres, athletes, workers and the common people shall be assembled to observe the main celebration scheduled to take place at 7:30am.
The president, vice-president, chief justice, speaker and other high-ranking personalities shall be there to grace the moment.Cleanliness and decorations of public offices from the centre to local levels, publication of related souvenirs, blood donation programmes, and so on are part of the three-day celebrations.