KATHMANDU:  , Nepal’s former king Gyanendra Shah was welcomed back to Kathmandu on Sunday ( Mar 9 ) by thousands of supporters who have been staging pro-monarchy demonstrations in the Himalayan republic.
The Hindu-majority society became a liberal state in 2008 after parliament abolished the king as part of a peace deal that ended a decade-long legal battle in which more than 16, 000 people were killed.
However, aid for the repair of the king and a Hindu condition has grown amid frustration over political instability, problem and slower economic development.
Shah’s supporters cheered and waved Nepal’s flag, chanting” Travel king, save the state” as he greeted them at the Kathmandu aircraft wall.
The former prince had been touring the country in recent months and returned to the money from Pokhara in northern Nepal.
” The state faces volatility, prices are high, people are homeless, and there is a lack of education and healthcare services”, said Rajindra Kunwar, 43, a professor who had joined the group.
” The weak are dying of hunger. The legislation applies to the consumer, but not to lawmakers. That’s why we need the prince back”, he said.
Shah, 77, has generally refrained from commenting on Nepal’s fractious politicians and calling for the monarchy’s recovery, although he has made many new people looks with followers.
” It is now time. If we wish to save our nation and sustain national cohesion, I call on all countrymen to help us for Nepal’s wealth and improvement”, the former ruler said in a statement on the eve of national Democracy Day commemorations next month.