Monarchy and Hindu State Key to Nepal’s Future and Stability: Pro-Monarch Leader Rajendra Lingden

A right-wing pro-monarch leader has claimed that only the return of monarchy and declaration of Nepal as a Hindu state would bring stability to the Himalayan Nation. Chairman of right-wing pro-monarch Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), Rajendra Prasad Lingden, claimed the present political system has failed and needs reform. Lingden, also the parliamentary leader of the fifth largest party in the parliament with 14 seats, called for the dismissal of the federal structure claiming it to be costly and unfavorable. According to Lingden, the party has been using the fronts of the road as well as parliament to raise awareness and garner its support from the public to bring about the changes. The pro-monarchist leader stated that the party would convince existing parties to agree on a point to make changes in the constitution making them realise of failure in delivery which was promised at the time of change. Demands for a Pro-monarch system have continued to rise in the Himalayan Nation in recent years with huge turnovers seen in the protest called by various pro-monarch groups. Thousands of people took part in a pro-monarch protest organised in the capital Kathmandu on November 23, 2023, which clashed with the police for hours where pro-monarch chants along with others relating to loan shark laws were heard. Earlier this year on April 9, thousands of pro-monarch supporters rallied in Kathmandu and broke into a restricted zone in front of Singha Durbar, the administrative capital of the nation defying the tear gas and water cannons used by the Police. Formed in the 1990s after lift of the ban on the formation of political parties by then monarchial system, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) since then served as the force always supporting the Kingship. It also has been taking part in periodic elections and presenting its demands forth.