Parties Must Embrace Good Culture

The nation is marking the 74th National Democracy Day today with great fanfare to commemorate the dawn of democracy with the elimination of the 104-year-old autocratic Rana rule. It was possible for the Nepali people and the political parties, including the Nepali Congress (NC), to make the first people’s uprising for democracy a success with their firm determination and untiring efforts. Many freedom fighters had attained martyrdom in the course of their fight for democracy. The Rana oligarchy would not have come to an end without their great sacrifice. Since the NC was instrumental in ushering in democracy, it was able to secure an overwhelming two-thirds majority in the parliamentary elections held in 1959.