Mr. KAMAL THAPA (Former Minister of Gynendra): If you asked original people, the man on the street, they still (unintelligible) monarchy from the bottom of their heart.

Kamal Thapa, chairman of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal (RPP-N), announced that the time had come for abolishing republicanism, federalism and secularism in Nepal.

Kamal Thapa served King Gyanendra loyally, and was home minister when security forces cracked down on pro-democracy supporters in April 2006. Obviously, he was not loyal enough to the royal. After the ...

On the eve of Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli’s maiden India visit, the government today decided to form an 11-member political committee to settle the issues of demarcation of Pradeshes as ...

RPP leader Kamal Thapa has himself been lukewarm towards monarchy, but now favours a ceremonial or constitutional kingship. The other overarching issue is disenchantment with democracy itself, and the ...