Two decades after ousting their king, Nepalese protesters want him back - ‘I was in the protests that took away monarchy, but I was mistaken’

Nearly 10,000 crowded the streets outside Kathmandu International Airport, where King Gyanendra Shah landed in a chartered jet after 2 months away in Pokhara.

Thousands welcome former King Gyanendra Shah in Kathmandu, sparking renewed calls for the restoration of Nepal`s monarchy. Protests highlight dissatisfaction with the current political system.

Thousands of supporters have greeted Nepal’s former king in capital Kathmandu and demanded his abolished monarchy be reinstated and Hinduism brought back as a state religion.

Support for the restoration of the monarchy has grown amid dissatisfaction over political instability. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Thousands of supporters greeted Nepal's former king in Kathmandu on Sunday and demanded his abolished monarchy be reinstated.

A political uproar erupted in Nepal when images of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath were featured at a pro-monarchist rally supporting former King Gyanendra Shah. The incident sparked criticism and allegations of political manipulation,

An estimated 10,000 supporters of Gyanendra Shah blocked the main entrance to Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport as he arrived from a tour of western Nepal.

Protests in 2006 forced the king to give up his authoritarian rule, and two years later the parliament voted to abolish the monarchy.