- Title: Nepal’s Prime Minister accuses former king of inciting Kathmandu violence
- Date: 31st March 2025
- Summary: BANTUL, YOGYAKARTA PROVINCE, INDONESIA (MARCH 31, 2025) (REUTERS) (MUTE) DRONE FOOTAGE OF WORSHIPPERS PREPARING FOR EID AL FITR PRAYER ON SAND DUNE DRONE FOOTAGE OF WORSHIPPERS STANDING AT START OF PRAYER BANTUL, YOGYAKARTA PROVINCE, INDONESIA (MARCH 31, 2025) (REUTERS) WORSHIPPERS OBSERVING CALL TO PRAYER WORSHIPPERS CHANTING MALE (FOREGROUND) AND FEMALE (ST
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- Keywords: Communist Party Gyanendra Shah Nepal Oli civil unrest democracy king leadership monarchy parliament politics prime minister protest ruler
- Location: KATHMANDU, NEPAL
- City: KATHMANDU, NEPAL
- Country: Nepal
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Conflicts/War/Peace,Civil Unrest
- Reuters ID: LVA002M2JD74F
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- Story Text: Nepal Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli on Monday (March 31) held former King Gyanendra Shah responsible for the violence, arson and looting during the pro-monarchy protests in capital Kathmamdu last week.
Addressing the House of Representatives, Oli said that the former king should take full responsibility for the incident amid the disruption by opposition Rastriya Prajatantra Party.
Clashes between the police personnel and the protesters resulted in two deaths during Friday's protest.
A specially elected assembly scrapped the 239-year-old monarchy in 2008, under an accord that ended a Maoist insurgency which had killed 17,000 people in 1996-2006 and turned Nepal into a secular, federal republic from a Hindu kingdom.
The last king of the Himalayan nation, 77-year-old Gyanendra, has lived with his family in a private house in Kathmandu as a commoner since being toppled.
Political instability has rocked Nepal, one of the world's poorest countries, with 14 governments since the abolition of the monarchy, hampering economic growth and discouraging investment. - Copyright Holder: ANI (India)
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