Kathmandu, March 29: Former Prime Minister and
UCPN (Maoist) leader Dr Baburam Bhattarai wishes to spend his retired life
after politics in his hometown Gorkha.
Taking part in an interaction programme
organised by the Gorkha Tourism Society here Saturday, leader Bhattarai said,
"Many people can call me 'foolish', but I wish to spend my retired life in
Gorkha."
The capital-centric attitude must be changed
and we should go back to the villages. Parents send their children abroad for
further study who finally settle there, and they (parents) chose the capital to
spend their old days, but this culture must be discouraged, he said.
Suggesting the new generation people to switch
to entrepreneurship by giving up the mentality of doing job, the former Finance
Minister said he has planned to start goat rearing in partnership with his
friends in his village. He said his
village lacks soil fit for agriculture, but it is suitable for goat
rearing.
Leader Bhattarai who is elected to the CA from
Gorkha expressed his commitments to developing Gorkha as 'model zone of
development'.
UCPN Maoist leader and lawmaker Hit Raj Pandey
said there is abundant possibility of historic, cultural, religious and war
tourism in the district and pledged to take initiative for that. A working
paper on the tourism development of Gorkha was presented at the programme.
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