. KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress (NC) President Gagan Kumar Thapa has said that the political parties have not been able to adequately discuss the important issues concerning the citizens.
Speaking at a programme organized on the occasion of the 44th BP Memorial Day in the capital today, Thapa said that BP had practiced inclusive democracy through actions rather than words.
He said, “If you leave social justice, if you leave human welfare, if you leave the welfare of the people, if you leave the moral rights and moral issues, if you leave the question of whether development will be sustainable or not, then BP not only discussed things but also practiced it himself.” According to him, BP clearly believed that democracy could not be complete without social justice, human welfare and participation of all communities.”Through his political life, BP has shown in practice the message that sustainable development would not be possible if moral values and citizen’s interest were ignored in the development process,” he said.
He said BP had given opportunity to women in the cabinet, made Dalit leaders the general secretary of the party and included various castes, languages and communities in the state structures at a time when women’s political participation was limited in South Asia.
He said, “BP Koirala taught us that if Nepal’s democracy moves ahead without inclusion, if Nepal’s democracy moves ahead without inclusion, if a woman does not get the opportunity to participate in the government in South Asia, or by making a representative of a Dalit the general secretary of the party, or by making a representative of a Dalit party a member of parliament or a minister, then the democracy of Nepal will not be complete.”
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Although the term ‘climate change’ was not in vogue at that time, BP has presented the basis of sustainable development by linking development, human welfare, social justice and moral responsibility.
He said the concepts of democratic values, inclusion and social justice propounded by the first people-elected Prime Minister of Nepal, BP Koirala, are equally relevant even today
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