12Photo© hindustantimes.comVehicles torched as pro-monarchists clash with cops in Nepal, curfew in 3 areas
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Nepal police fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of people gathered in Kathmandu demanding the restoration of the monarchy, prompting authorities to impose a curfew in the area.
The Himalayan nation adopted a federal and republican political system in 2008 after parliament abolished the monarchy as part of a peace deal that ended a decade-long civil war responsible for more than 16,000 deaths.
Support for the restoration of the monarchy re-enshrining Hinduism as the state religion has grown in tandem with popular dissatisfaction over political instability, corruption and lacklustre economic development.
“ It is impossible for the monarchy to come back. It is ridiculous to even thing that some that is already dead and created could come back to life,
Rama,
At least 2 dead in Nepal after pro-monarchy supporters clash with…
“ Nepalis will not return to the past,
Pushpa Kamal Dahal,
Police Clash With Pro-Monarchy Demonstrators In Nepal’s Kathmandu