The Political Condition In Nepal: The Political Condition Of Nepal

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The political condition of Nepal has always been unstable from a very long time. Regardless the end of hereditary and autocratic Rana regime, the country's political condition neither improved nor remained static. During the period of the then King Mahendra, constitutional provision was violated and the election was dismissed for almost a decade and this resulted into a power struggle between the King and the political parties. During that extent of time, the then King Mahendra declared a new constitution and political system. The new system was given the name Panchayat. The Panchayat system was solely ruled by the king himself or by such governing bodies who were directly nominated by the king. Like every power comes to an end, the tyrannical …show more content…

Soon, Gyanendra was crowned as the new king of Nepal. When he formally received the crown, political condition of Nepal also changed. His initial attempt was to destroy the bodies formed from the constitution of 1990 and to weaken the main parties. King gave birth to the new era of struggle, as a result, Nepal shifted from ultra-left group (Maoists) and ultra-right group (mainstream political party) into Maoist and mainstream political party versus the monarchy and their supporters. This not only bought political transition but the armed conflict grew even more violent and …show more content…

However, the Maoists decline all the offer and this resulted in the disappointment to the king's attempt. Hence, directly or indirectly king was exposed as the violator of the Constitution of 1990. But still, he declared his power by forming new Council Members in his chairmanship. All Council Members whom King Gyanendra appointed were previous supporters of the Panchayat system. By appointing these council members, he immediately suspended every democratic right and started military rule. The streets of Kathmandu were occupied by armies, political leaders were under detention, media was censored strongly, and telecommunication and internet services were

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