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President Bidya Devi Bhandari has announced to confer various decorations and titles on 998 individuals on the occasion of the Constitution Day and National Day, 2079 BS at the recommendation of the Council of Ministers. Names of the individuals to be decorated on the occasion were made public as per the decision of the Council of Ministers in accordance with the Article 277 of the Nepal Constitution. The announcement was made in a statement issued today by the Spokesperson of the Office of the President, Sagar Acharya.  

President Bidya Devi Bhandari attended the main function organized on the occasion of the 8th Constitution Day and National Day at Army Pavilion, Tundikhel, on Monday. Vice-President Nanda Bahadur Pun, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, acting Chief Justice Deepak Kumar Karki, Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota, National Assembly Chairperson Ganesh Prasad Timilsina, ministers, constitutional bodies chiefs, high-placed government officials, chiefs and representatives of foreign diplomatic missions in Kathmandu were also present in the program. On the occasion, flowers were showered through a helicopter of the Nepal Army while several cultural processions along with musical bands of the Nepal Army, Nepal Police and Armed Police Force were performed with the national anthem. Prime Minister Deuba had addressed the special ceremony.

Constitution Day is being observed with various programs across the country today. The day marks the promulgation of the constitution written by the people's representatives from the Constituent Assembly on 20 September 2015. The present constitution is the seventh written constitution of Nepal, which has aimed to establish socialism via citizen's socioeconomic and cultural rights. It bears special significance for it was promulgated by the Constituent Assembly that was based on the second people's movement, peace accord and peace process. The peace accord was signed earlier between the seven political parties and the rebellious CPN-Maoist. Importantly, it has formally institutionalized the new system of federal democratic republic with the abolition of the unitary system and monarchy. A special function is being organized at the Army Pavilion at Tundikhel this morning. Nepal Television and Radio Nepal will livecast the formal celebration of Constitution Day to be held at the Army Pavilion at Tundikhel in Kathmandu.

Gandaki Province chief Prithvi Subba Gurung said the present Constitution has bound all Nepali in the string of national unity. In a message of best wishes delivered on the occasion of the Constitution Day on Monday, he said the Constitution has ended all forms of discrimination and oppression resulted in by the autocratic and centralized state systems. He further noted that the main law of the land has bound the entire Nepali society enriched with ethnic, lingual, religious, cultural and geographical diversities in the wider continuum of national unity. As per the Constitution, Nepal's national sovereignty has rested on its people and that they are the source of state power, the message reads. "As the Constitution is the main law of the country, we need to focus on distributing the fruits of democracy on an equal basis by implementing the constitutionally-guaranteed fundamental rights of the people", Province Chief Gurung emphasized. He said that the upcoming November 20 elections to the members of House of Representatives and provincial assembly was spectacular for the implementation of the Constitution and expressed his belief that the country would move ahead to the path of political stability and prosperity after the elections. The province chief also appealed to all voters to actively participate in the upcoming elections and use their constitutionally-guaranteed franchise right, it is stated in the message.