By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 28, 2023Nepal has seen a series of demonstrations lately—by pro-Hindu groups in Dharan and Nepalgunj, by the monarchist Rastriya Prajatantra Party in Jhapa, and by supporters of controversial medical entrepreneur Durga Prasai in Kathmandu. These protests have alarmed the country’s top political brass. Thousands of people demanding the restoration of Hindu state and constitutional monarchy staged demonstrations in Dharan in August-end, and in Nepalgunj and a few…
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by Kunal Purohit in SCMP, June 19, 2023Nepal’s former king Gyanendra Shah made a rare public appearance earlier this year in the Himalayan nation’s Jhapa district to launch a movement to change the country’s secular constitution and reinstate its identity as a Hindu kingdom. Thousands of Nepalis gathered at the February event to back the cause, with several marches occurring across the country since. Last month, just days before Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal,…