{"id":1119,"date":"2025-03-28T13:33:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T13:33:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gunnewsusa.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/28\/police-clash-with-pro-monarchy-demonstrators-in-nepals-kathmandu\/"},"modified":"2025-03-28T13:34:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T13:34:01","slug":"police-clash-with-pro-monarchy-demonstrators-in-nepals-kathmandu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunnewsusa.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/28\/police-clash-with-pro-monarchy-demonstrators-in-nepals-kathmandu\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Clash With Pro-Monarchy Demonstrators In Nepal&#8217;s Kathmandu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"ignorediv\">\n                                        <!-- Story Text --><br \/>\n                                                                                <b class=\"place_cont\">Kathmandu: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Nepal police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of people gathered in Kathmandu demanding the restoration of the monarchy, prompting authorities to impose a curfew in the area.<\/p>\n<p>The Himalayan nation adopted a federal and republican political system in 2008 after parliament abolished the monarchy as part of a peace deal that ended a decade-long civil war responsible for more than 16,000 deaths.<\/p>\n<p><!--MIDTABOOLA--><\/p>\n<p>Support for the restoration of the monarchy re-enshrining Hinduism as the state religion has grown in tandem with popular dissatisfaction over political instability, corruption and lacklustre economic development.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WATCH<\/a> | Nepal: A clash broke out between pro-monarchists and Police in Kathmandu near the airport. Several rounds of tear gas and rubber bullets fired by the Police. Vehicles and a house torched. Curfew ordered in Tinkune, Sinamangal and Koteshwor area.<\/p>\n<p>Visuals from Kathmandu\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Be0Emk8EjO\">pic.twitter.com\/Be0Emk8EjO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ANI (@ANI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ANI\/status\/1905568137590042772?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The country should have developed significantly. People should have had better job opportunities, peace and security and good governance. We should have been corruption-free,&#8221; Mina Subedi, 55, who joined the demonstration, told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But things have only deteriorated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Protesters gathered near the national parliament chanting that the king and country were &#8220;dearer to us than life&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Police spokesman Dinesh Kumar Acharya told AFP that police fired tear gas and water cannon to clear the demonstrators after they broke into a restricted area and vandalised buildings.<\/p>\n<p>Local authorities announced a curfew in the area after the clash.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition parties marshalled thousands more people at a counter-demonstration elsewhere in the capital to &#8220;safeguard the republican system&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Nepalis will not return to the past,&#8221; said Pushpa Kamal Dahal, a former guerrilla chief who led the decade-long Maoist insurgency before entering politics and has since served as prime minister three times.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maybe they have dared to raise their heads because us republic supporters have not been able to deliver as per the wishes and wants of the people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Abdicated king Gyanendra Shah, 77, had largely refrained from commenting on Nepal&#8217;s fractious politics, but recently made several public appearances with supporters.<\/p>\n<p><!--#VuukleAD--><\/p>\n<p>Shah was crowned in 2001 after his elder brother king Birendra Bir Bikram Shah and his family were killed in a palace massacre that wiped out most of the royal family.<\/p>\n<p>His coronation took place as the Maoist insurgency was raging in far-flung corners of Nepal.<\/p>\n<p>Shah suspended the constitution and dissolved parliament in 2005, triggering a democratic uprising in which the Maoists sided with Nepal&#8217;s political establishment to orchestrate huge street protests.<\/p>\n<p><!--#MIDAD1--><\/p>\n<p>That eventually precipitated the end of the conflict, with parliament voting in 2008 to abolish Nepal&#8217;s 240-year-old Hindu monarchy.<\/p>\n<p><i>(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)<\/i><\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- Featured Video --><br \/>\n                                                                                                                        <!-- Recommended Widget -->\n                                                                                                                    <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu: Nepal police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of people gathered in Kathmandu demanding the restoration of the monarchy, prompting authorities to impose a curfew in the area. 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