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RAJBIRAJ, Feb. 15: Acting President of Nepal Sadbhavana Party and Deputy Prime Minister Badri Prasad Mandal has said that democracy is not in danger.

Deputy Prime Minister Mandal made this remark while unveiling a life-size statue of former assistant minister the late Shatrughan Prasad Singh installed at the main market in Bode Barshain Village Development Committee (VDC) in Saptari district today.

On the occasion, he said a true social worker is one who works for the society and the nation while rising above personal interests.

The government is making efforts to provide every kind of relief to the people in the present situation in which corruption has had a negative impact on the nation's development, he said, adding that the government has formulated new policies aimed at the welfare of the peasants.

He also made it clear that there was no risk against democracy from the King as His Majesty the King has expressed commitment to Constitutional Monarchy and multiparty system.

National vice-president of the party Laxman Lal Karna said that true tributes to late Yadav would be to take inspiration from the late Yadav's life and contributions.

Party general secretary Devendra Mishra expressed the view that national development was impossible without Constitutional Monarchy and multiparty democracy.

He said the NSP is always in favour of Constitutional Monarchy and multiparty democracy.
Joint general secretary of the party Amrita Agrahari called for unity among the Madhesi people to safeguard the country.

Chairman of the statue installation committee Ramdhan Yadav presided over the programme.
At the programme, Deputy Prime Minister Mandal also felicitated sculptor Tapas Pal who made the statue.

Meanwhile, a meeting of Nepal Sadbhavana Party (NSP) national working committee here today reiterated the party's commitment to always maintain the norms and values of Constitutional Monarchy and multiparty democracy.

Party spokesman Muktinath Mandal said this while talking to journalists following the meeting of the NSP national working committee.

He said the meeting adopted a political proposal which advocates that only a federal system in Nepal could ensure the welfare of all the Nepalese people.

The meeting is also learnt to have agreed that since the Maoist problem as a political one, it should be resolved through political means.

Likewise, it laid emphasis on consensus among the civil society and all the political parties in the government-Maoist talks.

The meeting also decided that the party's view was that the talks between the government and the Maoists should be held within the parameters of the Constitution. The party has also demanded that the government take immediate initiatives to resolve the problem of citizenship of about 4 million Terai people.

Acting president of the party Badri Prasad Mandal called on all the partymen to unite.

He said action would be taken against party leaders and workers inciting acrimony within the party despite the maximum efforts being made towards forging consensus.

Spokesman Mandal also informed journalists that the NSP would take part in the all-party meeting called by the Prime Minister.

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