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Restoration of monarchy

9 February 2024

Restoration of monarchy

Since 2008, we have seen ten different governments and five different Prime Ministers who did not complete their full five year terms after unconstitutionally dethroning king. Some of them did not even seat in their chair for one year. So-called people’s war crimes and high-profile corruption cases during these years have gone so far unpunished. President pardons a murderer serving a life sentence. The level of people’s frustration towards the federal system is growing by days and seems to be started outpouring in the streets. The political parties and their senior leaders continue to undermine the people’s voices concerning their difficult lives owing to bad governance, skyrocketing market prices of commodities and rampant corruptions at all level of the governments among others.

Pro-monarchy and pro-Hindu state forces and fringe political parties have stepped up their activities and been flexing their social and political muscle in the recent days and months. Tens of thousands of people are gathering in the capital seeking restoration of monarchy and the nation’s former status as a Hindu kingdom. The crowds of people gathered in different cities to welcome the former king shows signs of their respect towards him, indicating that he is still regarded as the unifying institution in the nation. It remains to be seen the end result of the upcoming month-long protests of these groups and parties demanding restoration of monarchy and Hindu kingdom.

Being a staunch supporter of constitutional monarch and multi-party democratic system, considering the composition of diverse communities and the geographical location of the nation, I along with other like-minded fellow citizens wish to see the nation enter a new political era with pro and non-republicans amicably settling the decade-long political isolation of and side-lining each other without indulging in any social and political scuffle. Let the nation move forward in the path of long lasting peace and prosperity rather than pushing it towards social, political and economic disaster.  

Maharajgunj  
 

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