{"id":10711,"date":"2021-10-10T17:27:08","date_gmt":"2021-10-10T11:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711"},"modified":"2021-10-10T17:27:08","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T11:42:08","slug":"alternative-to-democracy-is-democracy-itself-pm-deuba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711","title":{"rendered":"Alternative to democracy is democracy itself: PM Deuba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>KATHMANDU &#8211;<\/strong> Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said the alternative to democracy is democracy itself. Addressing the Literate Gandaki Province Declaration Programme organized by the Gandaki Province Government here today, PM Deuba said nobody could hijack democracy and nobody should ever dream of doing so.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He congratulated the citizens of the Gandaki Province on becoming the residents of a literate province. &#8220;The Constitution of Nepal has ensured education as the fundamental right and everyone should get this right,&#8221; Prime Minister said. He said the international community and the World Health Organization (WHO) as well have appreciated the efforts made towards prevention and control of COVID-19 in Nepal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him, various experience and studies show that literacy and prosperity are directly related. He pointed out the need of conducting additional programmes by determining the exact data on the literate and the illiterate populations. Budget should be arranged and the continuity of the literacy programme should be ensured.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Noting that the history of the Gandaki province is that it is the birth place of luminaries like Bhanu Bhakta Acharya and Motiram Bhatta, the Prime Minister said declaration of the province as a literate province is an important achievement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Chief Minister Krishna Chandra Nepali Pokhrel was of the view that Gandaki Province was home to several potentials, insisting on the need of support from the federal government to explore such potentialities. The construction of the Tribeni-Korola route remaining as the lifeline of the Province and other road projects were essential here, according to him.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stating that the implementation of some projects had remained hindered in absence of land acquisition, he urged the federal government for the support and facilitation towards that end. He also drew the attention of the Prime Minister towards helping for upgrading the Pokhara Stadium to conduct night sports events.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">National Assembly Chair Ganesh Prasad Timilsina underlined the need of introducing Nepal as the nation of educated citizens. \u201cAlong with the announcement of \u2018Literate Gandaki Province\u2019 the campaign for unstopped education should be continued.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gandaki Province Speaker Netranath Adhikari and Minister for Education, Culture, Science, Technology and Social Development, Mekhlal Shrestha, among others said it was a matter of pride for all Province people that the Province was declared literate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KATHMANDU &#8211; Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said the alternative to democracy is democracy itself. Addressing the Literate Gandaki Province Declaration Programme organized by the Gandaki Province Government here today, PM Deuba said nobody could hijack democracy and nobody should ever dream of doing so. He congratulated the citizens of the Gandaki Province on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Alternative to democracy is democracy itself: PM Deuba - KathmanduPati<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alternative to democracy is democracy itself: PM Deuba - KathmanduPati\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"KATHMANDU &#8211; Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said the alternative to democracy is democracy itself. Addressing the Literate Gandaki Province Declaration Programme organized by the Gandaki Province Government here today, PM Deuba said nobody could hijack democracy and nobody should ever dream of doing so. He congratulated the citizens of the Gandaki Province on [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"KathmanduPati\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kathmandupatienglish\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-10-10T11:42:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sher-Bahadur-Deuba-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"983\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"KathmanduPati\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"KathmanduPati\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"KathmanduPati\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bbe4e117cde7a3a56af3321608bf6b37\"},\"headline\":\"Alternative to democracy is democracy itself: PM Deuba\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-10T11:42:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711\"},\"wordCount\":380,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sher-Bahadur-Deuba-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711\",\"name\":\"Alternative to democracy is democracy itself: PM Deuba - KathmanduPati\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sher-Bahadur-Deuba-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-10-10T11:42:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sher-Bahadur-Deuba-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sher-Bahadur-Deuba-1.jpg\",\"width\":983,\"height\":768,\"caption\":\"File photo\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Alternative to democracy is democracy itself: PM Deuba\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/\",\"name\":\"KathmanduPati\",\"description\":\"voice of a changing era\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"RB Media House Pvt. Ltd\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cropped-kp-icon.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cropped-kp-icon.jpg\",\"width\":512,\"height\":512,\"caption\":\"RB Media House Pvt. Ltd\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kathmandupatienglish\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bbe4e117cde7a3a56af3321608bf6b37\",\"name\":\"KathmanduPati\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2699dbc3337f2585abec1155f4432d9c79967e6f836949fbd4e187c84bc3ebc8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2699dbc3337f2585abec1155f4432d9c79967e6f836949fbd4e187c84bc3ebc8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"KathmanduPati\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Alternative to democracy is democracy itself: PM Deuba - KathmanduPati","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Alternative to democracy is democracy itself: PM Deuba - KathmanduPati","og_description":"KATHMANDU &#8211; Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has said the alternative to democracy is democracy itself. Addressing the Literate Gandaki Province Declaration Programme organized by the Gandaki Province Government here today, PM Deuba said nobody could hijack democracy and nobody should ever dream of doing so. He congratulated the citizens of the Gandaki Province on [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711","og_site_name":"KathmanduPati","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kathmandupatienglish","article_published_time":"2021-10-10T11:42:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":983,"height":768,"url":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sher-Bahadur-Deuba-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"KathmanduPati","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"KathmanduPati","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711"},"author":{"name":"KathmanduPati","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bbe4e117cde7a3a56af3321608bf6b37"},"headline":"Alternative to democracy is democracy itself: PM Deuba","datePublished":"2021-10-10T11:42:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711"},"wordCount":380,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sher-Bahadur-Deuba-1.jpg","articleSection":["Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711","url":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711","name":"Alternative to democracy is democracy itself: PM Deuba - KathmanduPati","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sher-Bahadur-Deuba-1.jpg","datePublished":"2021-10-10T11:42:08+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sher-Bahadur-Deuba-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Sher-Bahadur-Deuba-1.jpg","width":983,"height":768,"caption":"File photo"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?p=10711#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Alternative to democracy is democracy itself: PM Deuba"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/","name":"KathmanduPati","description":"voice of a changing era","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#organization","name":"RB Media House Pvt. Ltd","url":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cropped-kp-icon.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/cropped-kp-icon.jpg","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"RB Media House Pvt. Ltd"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kathmandupatienglish"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bbe4e117cde7a3a56af3321608bf6b37","name":"KathmanduPati","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2699dbc3337f2585abec1155f4432d9c79967e6f836949fbd4e187c84bc3ebc8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2699dbc3337f2585abec1155f4432d9c79967e6f836949fbd4e187c84bc3ebc8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"KathmanduPati"},"url":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10711","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10711\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.kathmandupati.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}