Pro-republican political parties have concluded that former King Gyanendra Shah is the main responsible for the vandalism, arson and looting incidents that took place on Friday in Tinkunne and nearby areas. He is squeezing the political parties who are playing the role of reversing the federal democratic republican system.
A meeting of 12 parties held at Singha Durbar on Sunday has asked the government to reduce the service facilities of former king Gyanendra and increase surveillance on his activities. The Ministry of Home Affairs has already changed the police team assigned to protect the former king before the meeting of the parties. They also discussed the issue of gradually reducing other service facilities.
The meeting held at the call of Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli was attended by Congress, UML, Maoists, United Socialists, Jaspa, Jaspa Nepal, Lospa, Janmaat, Civil Liberation, Rashtriya Janamorcha, Nespa (New Shakti) and CPN. In the
meeting, all the political parties have expressed their commitment to unite in defense of the constitution and democratic republican system while forgetting their differences, said the Home Minister Ramesh Akhtar. "We have expressed a commitment that we are all together to protect the democratic republican system established through a long and sacrificial struggle," he told Kantipur after the meeting.
The meeting also concluded that Friday's incident was not political but criminal. "The parties also have the conclusion that the government should come forward strictly in order to extinguish such activities at the earliest," he said.
After making Durga Prasai, who had an apolitical and defiant background, as the commander of the royalist demonstration, the leaders said that due to the inability to strictly monitor the former king Gyanendra, there was a loss of wealth in the Tinkune area. In the meeting, leaders of the opposition parties including Maoists and United Socialists commented that the failure of Friday's incident to be controlled in time was the weakness of the home administration. They said that the government was not prepared with the assumption that the procession led by Prasain might lead to violence. The representatives of the party also said that the government should take this incident as a lesson.
