PM Oli pays tribute to Mahakavi Devkota on his birth anniversary

KATHMANDU: Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli on Sunday paid tribute to late Mahakavi Laxmi Prasad Devkota on his 111th birth anniversary.

Prime Minister Oli took to Twitter to pay tribute remembering immortal literary works of the great poet.

महाकवि लक्ष्मीप्रसाद देवकोटाको ११०औं जन्मजयन्तिका अवसरमा महाकवि देवकोटाप्रति हार्दिक श्रद्धासुमन अर्पण गर्दछु । उहाँका अजर अमर कृतिहरुले नेपाली साहित्यलाई सदा मार्गदर्शन गरिरहने छन् ।

— K P Sharma Oli (@kpsharmaoli) October 27, 2019

Mahakavi Devkota, after a long battle with cancer, died on September 14, 1959.