Nepal Protests News Today

Nepal also wants the abolition of the republic and the return of monarchy on its land.

According to media reports, clashes erupted after NLM cadres led by Madhesh-based-leader and former Nepal Deputy PM Rajendra Mahato, organised a march in Kathmandu, demanding recognition of states on the basis of ethnicity.

Amid the unlikely Centre-Left alliance between Prachanda and Sher Bahadur Deuba, which has helped India and the US edge out China, a new political twist is the rising clamour for restoration of monarchy and a Hindu state. But Deuba is caught between India and the US, and their contrasting positions on secularism

The violent clashes that followed drew attention to long-standing discontent with Nepal’s current governance system.

Youth Force has announced it will challenge another protest group that will be led by Durga Prasai, a former Maoist cadre turned UML central committee member. He now coordinates a nationwide movement against corruption.

The unrest brewing in different parts of the country has deeper social, cultural as well as communal and political dimensions. People are frustrated with the corruption of the political class

The opposition alliance in Nepal continued to protest against re-dissolution of parliament despite the pandemic-induced prohibitory orders and surging COVID-19 cases. Over two dozen writ petitions have also been filed in court against the latest move in which President Bidhya Bhandari and Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli are the main defendants. The Supreme Court on Sunday confirmed that a total of 25 writ petitions have been lodged in court. The opposition alliance also is expected to lodge the...

March 01, 2021 The first week of street protests in Yangon, Myanmar following the military coup of February 1, 2021. Credit: Ben Small Advertisement Once again, hundreds of thousands are taking to the streets and to digital highways. From Kathmandu to Delhi, moving east to Bangkok and Yangon, a wave of discontent is demanding that human rights be upheld. In Kathmandu, women march to demand an end to violence and the “deep-rooted patriarchal mindset.” Car horns blare and cooking pots bang in...

Pro-monarchy supporters clash with security forces in Nepal Updated Jan 12, 2021 | 16:20 IST Carrying the national flag and pictures of Prithvi Narayan Shah, the protestors demanded the establishment of a Hindu nation and monarchy. Pro-monarchy protesters in Kathmandu, Nepal&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspANI Kathmandu: Hundreds of pro-monarchy protesters on Monday clashed with the security forces during a march toward central administrative secretariat Singha Durbar in Ka...