Time to devote to economic prosperity: DPM Shrestha

Kathmandu, April 20: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Narayan Kaji Shrestha has said the time has come to devote to economic prosperity by validating the political change. 

DPM Shrestha said that addressing a programme the Gorkha Journalists' Society organized on Saturday. He reminded all stakeholders concerned to make a stride with economic growth. 

Even the media could extend support for the government's ambition of economic prosperity, he said, urging the journalists to create an atmosphere conducive to reinforcing the mandate of economic development and prosperity. 

"With socioeconomic transformation, development and prosperity are major agenda," he underlined.

Shrestha also stressed the need for an early conclusion of issues relating to transitional justice so that the country would move ahead to sustainable peace.      

The DPM informed that the world had witnessed a huge change in recent times. Nepal will excel in diplomacy by taking into account the geopolitics, he reminded. 

Moreover, DPM Shrestha claimed Gorkha district has played a significant role in the country's political change. 

He requested the media persons from the Gorkha district to bring forth the issues that spur positive change.

On the occasion, the Society's Chairman Pradip Raj Onta shared that the Society would facilitate the development works in the Gorkha district.

Even a calendar published by Society was released on the occasion. (RSS)