by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 26, 2023The “campaign to protect nation, nationalism, religion, culture and citizens’, led by controversial businessman Durga Prasai, made headlines over the week as his supporters hit the streets of the Capital and faced off against the security personnel deployed to contain the pro-monarchy marches. Prasai continued his protest on Saturday, albeit on a smaller scale. Thursday’s protest, centred on Balkhu, was supported by right-wingers, royalists, pro-Hindu activists,…
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By Binod Ghimire in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 25, 2023The writers covers parliamentary affairs and human rights for The Kathmandu Post.The government on Friday stopped the ‘Campaign to protect nation, nationalism, religion, culture and citizens’, led by controversial businessman Durga Prasai, from organising and protesting in Kathmandu, arguing that it didn’t have the permit to do so. After holding a demonstration in the Balkhu area on Thursday, the Prasai-led group announced that it would hold…
By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 24, 2023Thousands of people descended on Kathmandu on Thursday in a major show of force between two rival groups—the supporters of the controversial businessman Durga Prasai and sister organisations of the CPN-UML stewarded by lawmaker Mahesh Basnet. This was the first major demonstration in Kathmandu demanding the reinstatement of monarchy and Hindu state after Nepal became a secular republic in 2008. Fearing clashes between the two sides,…