Senior BJP leader and Member of Parliament Dr. Subramaniam Swamy tweeted that in Lord Ram’s India petrol is priced at Rs. 93 per litre whereas in Sita’s Nepal it is Rs. 53 per litre and in Ravana’s Sri Lanka it is Rs. 51 per litre.
In his autobiography ‘The Presidential Years’, Former President Pranab Mukherjee has claimed that former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru played an important role in establishing Democracy in Nepal just after the Monarchy began.
Hindus have been agitating for weeks now to re-establish Monarchy in Nepal and declare Nepal a ‘Hindu Rashtra’. The agitation has been going on in some hilly areas including Kathmandu.
Nepal supported India’s non-permanent membership of the UN Security Council, after which the Chinese Ambassador to Nepal met the Prime Minister of Nepal K P Sharma Oli and expressed his displeasure over the incident.
For the past several days, the capital city of Nepal and certain other places are witnessing a massive movement to restore monarchy and declare Nepal as Hindu Rashtra.
Former President Pranab Mukherjee, in his autobiography ‘The Presidential Years’, claimed that former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru played an important role in establishing democracy in Nepal just after the monarchy began.
Former Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal, Kamal Thapa said that, he and his activists are ready to kill or be killed to restore Nepal’s status as a Hindu Rashtra.
Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli abruptly took a decision to dissolve the parliament during a cabinet meeting.
In a Democracy, the judiciary must be strong; however, in Nepal, the judiciary is subservient to political leaders. Political analysts say that the Government as well as the opposition in Nepal appear to be paralysed.
The massive rally came after a series of similar protests in October demanding for a constitutional Monarchy. Protesters were seen carrying placards bearing a photo of Prithivi Narayan Shah