4 years ago
Former King Gyanendra came to Pokhara two years ago to celebrate English New Year. Gyanendra, who came on New Year's Eve, then went to different parts of the country.
Gyanendra's country visit started from Pokhara. In Pokhara, Gyanendra met 'royalist' individuals and organizations. At that time, Gyanendra's visit was a topic of discussion. Even leaders of ruling party started giving different reactions. In any case, debate over monarchy continues and continues.
Just last month, a huge rally in favor of monarchy was held in Butwal, a country burdened by COVID 19. At that time, province no.5 had just got a permanent name and capital.
Rally in Pokhara on Wednesday is a continuation of Butwal’s rally.
A corner meeting was held at Manavadhikar Chowk after a bike and car rally from Pokhara's Amar Singh Chowk, Prithvi Chowk, Halla Chowk and Bajagaja. Musical performance was played, royal national anthem, Mr. Gambhir Prachanda Pratapi ... Hundreds of citizens joined in and sang in unison.
Organizers of program have identified themselves as people of western region. This means that they are accepting monarchical administrative structure and are against republican structure.
Their slogans were, 'Let's get a king, let's save country', 'Our king is dearer to our country than life', 'Unbroken Nepal is alive', 'Republic is dead'.
Bikes and cars participating in rally had pictures of last king Gyanendra and Komal Shah from Prithvinarayan Shah.
Addressing the corner meeting, Shiv Sena central chairman Anil Basnet said that monarchy would be revived in Nepal anyway. Shiv Sena central chairman Basnet expressed confidence that monarchy would be restored as people of the country spontaneously supported his campaign.
Expressing happiness over people's participation after 14 years, Basnet said that people wanted monarchy.
