Prime Minister Balendra Shah extended Vijaya Dashami greetings to Nepalis at home and abroad, wishing them happiness, peace, prosperity and progress. In messages shared on social media, including Facebook, Shah said the festival represents the victory of truth over falsehood and called on people to unite against corruption and misrule, while working to ensure that people feel the government is present.
A festival message with a call for unity
Shah’s greetings combined traditional festival wishes with an appeal for collective effort. He wished Nepalis well on the occasion of Vijaya Dashami, a festival he described through its message of truth prevailing over falsehood. Alongside those wishes, he urged people to come together to confront corruption and misrule.
The appeal was directed broadly to the public, rather than to a particular group. Shah’s message asked for unity around the task of improving governance and responding to the concerns reflected in his call for people to feel that a government exists. It placed the public’s experience of government at the centre of the greeting, connecting the festival message to the need for visible and meaningful governance.
The Prime Minister shared the greetings through social media, including Facebook. His message reached Nepalis living both within the country and abroad, and included wishes for peace and progress as well as personal happiness and prosperity. The messages were presented in the spirit of Vijaya Dashami and its association with the triumph of truth.
Focus on corruption, misrule and public confidence
Shah’s call to unite against corruption and misrule framed these as challenges requiring a collective response. He asked people to work together so that the public could have a sense that government is there. The message did not set out specific measures or a timetable, but emphasized unity as the basis for addressing the problems he identified.
The emphasis on people’s feeling of government also underscored the importance of how governance is experienced by the public. In his greeting, Shah linked the call for action with the expectation that people should be able to recognise the presence of government. His appeal therefore went beyond a ceremonial wish: it asked for shared effort directed toward better governance and public confidence.
A separate report on Shah’s message highlighted the need for change in behaviour alongside change in thinking. That point complements the Prime Minister’s wider appeal for unity, suggesting that the effort to address corruption and misrule involves both the way people think about change and how they act. The message, as reported, tied the prospect of change to those two dimensions without outlining particular policies or actions.
Wishes to Nepalis at home and abroad
The greetings extended to Nepalis wherever they live, with Shah wishing them happiness, peace, prosperity and progress during the festival. His reference to Vijaya Dashami’s symbolism provided the cultural context for the message, while the appeal for unity gave it a civic dimension.
By combining festival wishes with a call to confront corruption and misrule, Shah used the occasion to encourage a shared commitment to change and to a government people can feel is present. His message asked Nepalis to celebrate the festival’s ideals while working together toward that goal.
