PM  addresses May Day Meet
Oppn’s help sought to make security, dev package a success

Kathmandu, May. 1 (RSS): Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala has said that all our endeavours should focus on getting rid the country of killings, violence and terror and guide it along the path of peace and prosperity.

Prime Minister Koirala made this remark while addressing a mass meeting organised by the Nepal Trade Union Congress (NTUC) at Bhrikuti Mandap to mark the 112th International May Day with the theme "what the NTUC wants is protection and promotion of the rights and interests of the laborers and social security".

Stating that His Majesty’s Government (HMG) has prepared the integrated internal security and development package to eliminate violence, murder and terror being perpetrated against the constitution, law and the mandate of the people, he called upon all the opposition parties and the people to play an active role in making the package a success.

Prime Minister Koirala stated that if we could move ahead with national consensus and the concept of common thinking to identify and protect our national interests, develop the concept of national security and maintain our national unity, integrity and pride, this would not only help resolve the problems of labourers but of the whole nation and the people.

He said, "revolution should be meant for the sake of national interest and the creation of a new society. But the country cannot progress by terrorising the civic society, blocking roads, breaking railings, and preventing the Prime Minister from attending his office. No change can be introduced in this way."

Recalling the beginning of his political life from the labour movement, Prime Minister Koirala said that he had very deep and close relations with the labourers and there would not be any rancour with them in the future as well.

From the chair, NTUC president Laxman Basnet said that cooperation of one and all was necessary to mobilise the labour force, the main force of the nation, to enable them to live a dignified life and ensure industrial development in a peaceful manner. He also called upon the government to develop the concept of social security.

NTUC general secretary Pushkar Acharya, president of the Carpets Association of Nepal Dhan Bahadur Gurung, president of Garments Association of Nepal Artha Raj Koirala, and a host of other speakers expressed their views on various aspects of the labour movement at the meeting.

Prior to this, a procession carrying placards and banners with slogans in favour of the labourers started from the NTUC office at Kopundol, and converged into a mass meeting on reaching Bhrikuti Mandap.

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