GPK calls for unity

KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress on Saturday observed the Martyrs’ Day amid functions at the party headquarters at Sanepa in Lalitpur. Delivering a message on the occasion, NC president Girija Prasad Koirala urged all political forces to fulfill the dreams of the martyrs and to shun petty interests. “Saving the nation from division and anomalies by assessing common problems, protecting the democracy, establishing peace and stability and moving ahead with the works of construction and development are our common responsibilities,” Koirala said in his message. “We will be able to accomplish those responsibilities only if we make joint efforts,” Koirala added. NC vice-president Prakash Man Singh and general secretary Bimalendra Nidhi paid tributes to martyrs at the function.