Kathmandu:
Nearly two decades after Nepal became a secular Republic, a boom of protests by East-Raja provoked the Himalayan nation, which is filled with economic disappointment and disillusionment with the current leaders.
Thousands of protesters took the streets at a royalist rally last month, which became violent, killing two people and arrested more than 100.
It was one of the latest in the wave of protests seeking the restoration of the monarchy, which has developed into the forefront with popular dissatisfaction over political instability, corruption and lack of economic development.
The Hindu-Bahul nation became a secular republic in 2008, when Parliament ended the monarchy in a peace agreement to end a decade long civil war, killing more than 16,000 people.
Rajendra Lingden, president of the Royalist Restria Prajantra Party (RPP), the fifth largest party in Nepal, said that Raja is associated with national identity and pride.
Lingden told AFP, “We do not look for a monarchy as a ruling institution, but as a guardian who protects national interests and prevent foreign intervention.”
In 2017, RPP won the same seat in Parliament. Then in the last election in 2022, his royalist and supporting Hindu agenda won him 14 seats.
“Country faces instability, prices are high, people are unemployed, and lack of education and health facilities”, 43 -year -old Rajindra Kunwar said, a teacher who attended a royalist performance last month.
“So we need the king back.”
,Old concept ‘
Former King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah, 77, was killed in 2001 in 2001 in the massacre of a palace after his elder brother Raja Birendra Bikram Shah and his family, which was killed in most of the royal family.
He was crowned as a Maoist rebellion in far-flung corners of Nepal.
Shah suspended the constitution and dissolved the Parliament in 2005, with a democratic rebellion in which the Maoists orchestrated the huge road protests with the political establishment of Nepal.
Finally ended the end of the struggle, with Parliament voting in 2008 to end the 240 -year -old Hindu monarchy of Nepal.
Before leaving his palace, Shah said in a small address, “I have respected and respected the decisions of the people, saying that he will” leave this country “and go into exile.
As he left, many people gathered to please the end of the monarchy, while some royalists used to cry.
The mainstream politicians have rejected the return of the past.
“The monarchy is a unsuccessful and old concept,” Rajaram Bartaula, the main Koda of the Nepal’s Communist Party (Integrated Marxist-Leninist), said, who ruled in an alliance with the Nepali Congress party.
He said, “The 21st century conscious Naples will not accept the return of the monarchy,” he said.
World Bank Note which faces many challenges in deteriorating Nepal.
But this month also stated that the actual GDP increased by 4.9 percent in the first half of the 2025 financial year – above 4.3 percent in the same period of a year ago – mainly due to “pickup in agriculture and industrial areas”.
,Save the nation ‘
The disorganized king had avoided a large extent from commenting on Nepal’s terrible politics – but in the last few months, he made several public demonstrations, mainly visited religious places with supporters.
“It’s now,” the former king said in a statement on the eve of National Democracy Day in February before visiting several districts.
“If we wish to save our nation and maintain national unity, I ask all the countrymen to support us for the prosperity and progress of Nepal.”
His arrival at Kathmandu Airport attracted thousands of supporters last month, who waved the national flag and chanting: “Come Raja, Save the Nation”.
Political analyst Hari Sharma said that the royalists were seizing an opportunity as dissatisfaction increases among many ordinary Nepalis.
“Royalists have got a chance to clarify their demands and frustrations, especially in a global climate where right -wing orthodox views are receiving traction,” said Hari Sharma.
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