Kathmandu, Sept 20 : The main function committee has hosted a special ceremony at the Army Pavilion, Tundikhel in Kathmandu on the occasion of the Constitution Day-2080 on Wednesday.
On the occasion, President
Ramchandra Paudel attended the ceremony as a chief guest. Also present were
Vice-President Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav, Chief Justice Bishowambhar Shrestha,
National Assembly Chairperson Ganesh Prasad Timilsina, Acting Prime Minister Purna
Bahadur Khadka, Deputy Prime Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha, ministers,
parliamentarians, constitutional bodies' chiefs and office-bearers, diplomatic
mission chiefs and representatives, government employees and journalists.
A signifying banner reading
'Constitution Day, 2080' and a showering of flowers were displayed by the Nepal
Army helicopter on the occasion. The helicopter with banner had marched around
the Ring Road of Kathmandu.
Different contingents of the Nepal
Army, Nepal Police and Armed Police Force had performed march-past with
cultural performances. Colourful balloons and pigeons as peace symbols were
released to mark the day.
The Kathmandu Metropolitan City,
Lalitpur Metropolitan City and Bhaktapur Municipality had presented cultural
processions. Also on the occasion, a special constitution day edition of
'Nepal' - a bi-monthly publication of the Department of Information and
Broadcast was released.
Acting Prime Minister Purna Bahadur
Khadka had addressed the ceremony. (RSS)