Monarchists’ grand welcome plan for ex-king fuels pre-election tensions

After touring east Nepal, former king Gyanendra is returning to Kathmandu today.

Against the Kathmandu District Administration Office’s prohibitory orders banning gatherings of more than five people in and around the Tribhuvan International Airport, pro-monarchy groups are hell-bent on staging a mass welcome for former king Gyanendra Shah, who is scheduled to arrive in Kathmandu from Damak, Jhapa, on Friday.