KATHMANDU: National Assembly (NA) Chair Ganesh Prasad Timilsina has wished all the Nepali citizens at home and abroad for their good health, prosperity, peace and progress on the occasion of the festival.

Stating that the Constitution has identified Nepal as a secular nation, the NA Chair said, “Nepal is enriched by cultural diversities and its cultural and social values, festivals, customs, traditions and culture prevailing here remain as an indispensable part of the State.”

On the occasion, he stressed the need to build a civilized, peaceful, equitable, cultured and educated society with the promotion of human norms and values.