Violence Must Not Be Condoned

No acts of violence and other illegal activities like arsoning, killing, destruction of private and public properties and burgling are acceptable for any cultured society. But, Katmandu witnessed such unimaginable mob violence on March 28 when the pro-monarchists staged street protests aiming at reinstating the monarchy and a Hindu state. The protesters happened to turn more ferocious when ‘commander’ of the pro-royalist movement Durga Prasai, vice-chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Rabindra Mishra, RPP general secretary, lawmaker Dhawal Shumsher Rana, among others, reportedly asked their supporters to break the security cordon. They found much fewer participants in the showdown than they had expected.