PM pays tribute to martyrs

Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli went to the Martyrs Memorial at local Lainchaur today and paid tributes to the martyrs on the occasion of the Martyrs’ Day.

PM Oli laid wreath at the Martyrs Memorial and offered tributes to the known and unknown martyrs amidst a programme organised by the Martyrs’ Week Programme Mian Committee constituted under the convenorship of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya.

Prior to this, a morning procession was organised at 8.30 am today. The procession participated in by government high officials, people’s representatives, and the musical band of the security bodies set out towards the Martyrs Memorial from local Ratna Park and reached the Memorial at 9 am.

The first programme under the Martyrs’ Week was held on January 24 at Teku Kharibot, the place where martyr Shukra Raj Shatri was hanged by the then Rana regime, in the form of a condolence meet. Similarly, the second programme was held on January 27 at Sifal in Kathmandu where martyr Dharma Bhakta Mathema was executed. The third programme under the Martyrs’ Week was held on January 29 at Shova Bhagawati where the then Rana rulers shot dead Gangalal Shrestha and Dasrath Chand.

Condolence assemblies were held in all these commemorative events and rich tributes were paid to each of these four martyrs.

KMC has been observing the Martyrs’ Week by forming the main programme committee since 2012 BS.

Meanwhile, KMC has installed the life-size statues of the four martyrs amidst the commemoration of the Martyr’s Week.

The statues of martyrs Dharma Bhakta Mathema and Shukra Raj Shastri have been installed at Sifal, KMC Ward No 7 and at Teku Machali, KMC Ward No 12, respectively, last year before this.

They had attained martyrdom in course of the movement for establishing democracy in Nepal in 1997 BS or 1941 AD.