Their Majesties to receive civic honour in Biratnagar

By Our Coresspondent

BIRATNAGAR, Dec. 14: Their Majesties the King and Queen are scheduled to visit Biratnagar from January 3 to grace civic felicitation.

Deputy Prime Minister Badri Prasad Mandal informed this at a gathering here today.

"Their Majesties have kindly consented to visit Biratnagar following the request of people of the eastern development region. The people in the eastern region are eagerly waiting to pay respectable audience to the beloved king and queen," he said.

For grandeur welcome of Their Majesties the King and Queen, a 1,111-member Welcome and Celebration Committee has been formed under the chairmanship of Raj Parishad Standing Committee member Pandit Megh Raj Sharma.

The Committee includes former prime ministers, former ministers, ex-lawmakers, ex-presidents and vice presidents of District Development Committees, ex-mayors and deputy mayors, chairmen of the different political parties, political and social workers, businessmen, and professors, social workers, intellectuals, politicians, employees and people from different walks of life.

Speaking at the programme, Minister for Information and Communications, and General Administration Ramesh Nath Pandey said that the Nepalese people always feel dignified as they are protected by their beloved Shah Kings for centuries.

It is a matter of happiness and pride for the people in the eastern region since Their Majesties are paying their first visit following the accession to the throne, Minister Pandey said and adding "All should devote to make Their Majesties' visit a grand success."

Minister Pandey further reiterated that that His Majesty the King wanted to move ahead by adhering to the norms of multi-party democracy and constitutional monarchy.

"His Majesty the King is quite serious to restore peace and security in the country," he said.
Minister for Forest and Soil Conservation Badri Narayan Basnet said that it was a matter of great pleasure for the people of Biratnagar to welcome Their Majesties.

Chairman of the Committee Pandit Megh Raj Sharma said they would do their best to make Their Majesties' visit fruitful.

Former state minister Radha Prasad Ghimire, chief district officer Dolakh Bahadur Gurung chairman of Morang Chamber of Commerce Shankar Lal Agrawal, chairman of Morang Industrial Organisation Sushil Dhanawat, industrialist Jeeban Nepal, Jagdis Rathi of Federation of Nepal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and Ram Narayan Yadav of Nepal Sadbhawana Party also expressed their views on the occasion.

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