View from the Himalayas | Why are pro-monarchists holding demonstrations In Nepal?
Hindustan TimesThe anti-regime demonstrations in Kathmandu last week led by Durga Prasai should be viewed in this context. He owes hefty unpaid interests on his bank loans, which run into billions of rupees, most of it went toward establishing and running B&C Medical College and Teaching Hospital and Research Center in Nepal's easternmost Terai district of Jhapa, which also happens to be home of Khadga Prasad Oli, a former prime minister and a communist leader, the chairman of CPN-UML. After his fallout with Oli and current prime minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, also the Maoist party chairman in recent times. The government, with traditional political parties in tow, banned TikTok earlier this month for “instigating social disharmony.” Many view the ban as an attempt to curb the popularity of Prasai’s ever-trending posts that took swipes at Oli and Prachanda, among other traditional party leaders. An increasing number of people feel that the fall of the monarchy and the subsequent reinstatement of a democratic republic secular State didn’t change much but the rulers at the top.
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