DNA TV Show: Why Nepal wants restoration of Hindu nation status
Nepal also wants the abolition of the republic and the return of monarchy on its land.
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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.