As the top leaders of the pro-monarchy movement began a door-to-door campaign seeking public support ahead of launching their “indefinite campaign” on May 29, Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli Sunday asked his supporters to keep Kathmandu under their control on the day.
Addressing a meeting organised by the state committee of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist), which Oli heads, he asked the party members to remain prepared to defeat the monarchists.
“That day Kathmandu must be fully under your control from 11 am to 2 pm. You should remain prepared from this moment to handle the pro-monarchy supporters, for which you don’t have to wait for further instructions from the party,” Oli said. Nepal’s parties through a Parliament declaration abolished the 240-year-old monarchy in 2008 and turned the country into a secular, federal, democratic republic.
In another programme on Saturday, Oli had instructed his youth workers to crush leaders who are calling for the monarchy’s return.
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