Spectres of monarchy

We might loathe the current regime, but we can't let the country slide back on the regressive path.

When the country was fighting tooth and nail against king Gyanendra’s direct rule, KP Oli, then a senior leader of the erstwhile Communist Party of Nepal (UML) had said that abolishing the monarchy was as far-fetched a dream as attempting to reach America in a bullock cart. But it did not take long for Nepal to adopt republicanism. When the movement for the structuring of Nepal into a federal republic was gaining momentum, Oli was again a naysayer. Oli’s ideas proved to be against the tide once again, and the country adopted federalism.