Kathmandu, 31 December: National Unity and Reconciliation Day is being observed today to commemorate the return of the first elected Prime Minister of Nepal, BP Koirala to the country with a policy of national unity and reconciliation. Forty -six years ago today, Koirala, who was also the founding leader of the Nepali Congress, was joined by other leaders including Ganeshman Singh, Shailaja Acharya, Khum Bahadur Khadka, Rambabu Prasain and Nilambar Panthi, who took the policy of national unity and reconciliation and return to the country leaving their life in exile for about eight years. The Nepali Congress and its sister organizations are marking the National Unity and Reconciliation Day by organizing a variety of programs across the country. The Sundarijal jail now turned into the BP Museum is also scheduled hold a program to mark the occasion. People's News Monitoring Service