KATHMANDU, Nov 14: Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai has extended hearty best wishes to all Nepali sisters and brothers on the occasion of Nepal Sambat 1133.

In a message of best wishes today, Prime Minister Dr Bhattarai has said Nepal Sambat is an indigenous calendar year of Nepal and has helped maintain religious tolerance and social goodwill in the country.



"This Sambat believed to have begun after Shankhadhar freed the poor of their debt has come ahead by maintaining religious tolerance and social unity", says Dr Bhattarai in the message.

The Prime Minister has also wished that the New Year inspire us all to establish social goodwill and equality and respect the poo.