Nepal's former King Gyanendra Shah calls for political shift in New Year message

Updated:1 year, 3 months ago

Kathmandu (Nepal), April 14 (ANI): Nepal's deposed King Gyanendra Shah has released a video message expressing hope that the country will move toward a new system aligned with the people's will. Issuing a 13-minute video statement with an opening address to him as monarch of the Himalayan Nation, Shah stated in his New Year wishes that he hopes the country will move toward a new system. The politically charged statement from the former monarch comes in wake of rising demand for monarchy in the Himalayan Nation and a week before the right-wing Pro-monarchist party Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) hit the streets. The Monarch of the Himalayan Nation follows the linage of Shah dynasty was revered as an incarnation of Hindu god Bishnu. With abolishment monarchy it got limited to a very small group which now again is reemerging. Shah also stressed the monarchy's historical role in safeguarding nationalism and democracy, presenting the constitutional monarchy as a tradition rooted in public sentiment. The 77-year-old deposed monarch had come to power for the second time in 2001 following the royal massacre where the entire family of his brother Birendra Bir Bikram Shah was assassinated.

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