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[News] Former Nepal king still rules Puri's Jagannath Temple

Puri: The former King of Nepal Gyanendra has lost power, kingdom and prestige in his own county, but he enjoys special rights in Puri's Lord ...
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[News] Nepal's king given his marching orders

The Nepali government warned today that it could use force to throw unpopular King Gyanendra out of the royal palace if he A special assembly elected in April is scheduled to hold its first meeting on Wednesday and formally declare an end to the monarchy, a key part of a 2006 peace deal with Maoist former rebels that ended a decade-long civil war.Nirmal Niwas," Peace and Reconstruction Minister Ram Chandra Poudel said on Tuesday, referring to King Gyanendra"s private home."If he does not leave the palace then the government might have to use force to vacate the palace," he said.Many Nepalis think that the king will quietly go after the royal palace in the heart of Kathmandu since ascending the throne in 2001, but he has made no public statement over his plans.The government has banned demonstrations around major royal sites and the assembly.parties say they are going to take to the streets tomorrow to celebrate the monarchy"s end.The government that includes the Maoists took over control of the royal palace after King Gyanendra was forced to end his absolute rule following weeks of street protests in 2006.Anti-monarchy Maoists emerged as the largest party in elections to the 601-member assembly in April.Authorities posted more police outside the International Convention Centre, the venue of tomorrow"s assembly meeting, after a pro-Hindu militant group set off two small bombs outside the Monday"s blasts did not cause any injuries but raised security concerns ahead of the historic meet.Devout Hindu groups who revere the king as an incarnation of Vishnu, the god of protection, had earlier warned of violence if the assembly abolished the 240-year-old Shah dynasty."The people who did this are trying to create panic," police official Durga Kumar said.While King Gyanendra still enjoys support from Hindu hardliners and powerful elements in the armed forces and ruling elite, many in Nepal"s bustling ancient capital said it was time for the king to "He never did anything good for Nepal," said Parbati Bohara, 28, a nanny, as she waited for a school bus near the sprawling royal "He lived off other people"s sweat.Some people said they did not believe the king would go."If someone came into your house and tried to take you out by force, would you go?"...
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[News] Nepal king victim of foreign powers: royalist party chief

By Sudeshna Sarkar, Kathmandu, May 26 : Nepal"s last king Gyanendra, who will have to surrender his crown, sceptre, throne and palace Wednesday, is the victim of foreign powers and has been betrayed by political parties, says the chief of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal, the lone voice championing monarchy in Nepal.Kamal Thapa, whose Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal suffered a smarting defeat in last month"s election for supporting monarchy, seemed to hint southern neighbour India was behind the king"s downfall."Monarchy is soon to be a victim of coiracy of foreign powers," the man who was the hawkish home minister of the king in the last turbulent days of the king"s absolute regime, told a local daily.Since the end of King Gyanendra"s 14-month authoritarian government in April 2006, royalists have been blaming India for the humiliating ouster.New Delhi brought Nepal"s opposition parties and the Maoists, then a banned "terrorist" organisation, together in India, helping them to start a united opposition to the royal regime that finally caused Gyanendra to surrender power."The parties themselves have not said clearly what the crime of the monarch is," Thapa told the Kathmandu Post daily in support of the king who hastened the demolition of his crown by grabbing absolute power with the help of the army in 2005."Monarchy might have taken some controversial decisions in the past, but those decisions cannot alone be the reasons for ending an institution that holds a long history. It has made several important contributions too - be it the unification of the country (in the 18th century) or establishing democracy in 1950..."The parties are ignorant of such contributions while taking political decisions about the institution.Thapa alleged that when the king stepped down two years ago, he had an understanding with the political parties who later went back on their pledge."We know that there was some sort of understanding between the agitating political parties and the palace," the former minister said....
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