By Pushpa Raj Pradhan
Political leaders who have failed to run their own party and failed to lead the nation, have been seriously worried from the human sea in the streets demanding restoration of the institution of monarchy.
They, by undermining the spontaneous crowd of the people, have started to say that restoration of the institution of monarchy is impossible.
Home minister Rambahadur Thapa remarked that restoration of the monarchy is just a dream. He claimed that the present system will not change.
Similarly, former prime minister and NC president Sher Bahadur Deuba has opined that republicanism is the best political system in the world. He said the return of monarchy is impossible.
Accordingly, Shashank Koirala, NC general secretary, has remarked that monarchy will not be restored, although, his party is going to initiate a referendum for re-declaring Nepal a Hindu nation.
Not an odd, by knowing or unknowingly, the leaders have been compelled to bring the institution of the monarchy on the debate. In the NC demonstration on Monday against the government, the monarchy also became an agenda.
Surely, those who are exploiting and deceiving their voters, cannot sense the public mood, especially the mood of the youths, why they came down to the streets in favour of the monarchy!
The slogans in the streets speak itself what is the public mood.
The reality is that not because of the wish of the former king to re-ascend to the throne, but because of the bad performance of those outdated leaders, the present system is going to be collapsed.
Five years ago, when the new constitution was promulgated, a small group of the leaders were celebrating the event, whereas, the entire nation, including the then-president, who had unveiled the new constitution, were dissatisfied from the constitution. Overnight, we saw a bloody protest against the constitution. We saw different systems and different constitutions but for the first time, the present constitution became controversial immediately after its promulgation. The bad day of the nation was started along with the promulgation of the present constitution.
Clearly, the demonstration in the streets is the crowd of those frustrated youths who want a change and the change is for a guardianship of the institution of monarchy.
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