Celebrations erupt at Ekdara, PM Balendra Shah’s ancestral village


Jaleshwor (Mahottari): Following the appointment of Balendra Shah as the Prime Minister today, celebrations have started at his ancestral village here at Ekdara. People are celebrating the occasion with joy by organizing various events.

Chairperson of Ekdara rural municipality in Mahottari district, Dip Narayan Mandal, said not only the folks of Ekdara rural municipality-1, but the entire district is also celebrating this moment, exchanging joy after Shah’s appointment to the post of the Prime Minister.

The locals are exchanging best wishes and congratulating each other, showering colours, vermilion powder and garlanding as well as hugging each other, shared Chairperson of Ekdara-1, Manoj Mandal.

Mandal mentioned, “The name of Ekdara has been registered in the history today. So, Ekdara folks are celebrating this moment by cooking delicious foods, offering food to people, distributing sweets—laddu and peda.

The ancestral house of Prime Minister Shah is located at Ekdara-1. Now the office of Ekdara rural municipality is in operation from this house.

A programme has been set to illuminate every house of Ekdara this evening, he added.