Civil society movement to resist ‘leaders’ supremacy’, not the republican system

Following the pro-monarchy show of force in Kathmandu last week, civil society leaders are engaged in closed-door discussions to chart a future forward.

Frustrated by the failure of successive governments led by major political forces in the past decade, Nepal’s civil society has begun a series of protest programmes against what they call ‘netaraj’, meaning the arbitrary rule of a handful of leaders.