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Democracy Day In Nepal
By KTM Metro Reporter
February 18, 2013: the government and some organizations celebrate the democracy day on February 18, 2013 every year. Nepalis had fought for more than 10 years before tearing down the despotic Rana in 1951. Many Nepalis lost their lives but the then king Tribhuvan declared democracy, and became the head of state taking over from the Rana tyrannical rulers. Thus, the roots of the Shah dynastic rule remained.
Then, his son Mahendra killed democracy on December 15, 1960, and reinstated his one-man rule in Nepal. Even a little bit of progress brought by democracy was taken back by Mahendra, and imposed the no-party system called Panchayat that lasted for 30 years.
On February 18, 1990, Supreme leader Ganesh Man Singh launched another street protest demanding the end of the Panchayat system, and reinstating the multi-party democracy that Mahendra had seized in 1960. Nepalis needed to fight against despotic ruler Birendra for 49 days. Some of the brave Nepalis lost their lives to the bullets of the despotic king Birendra. This time again, political leaders committed the same mistake as that of 1950s keeping the root of the Shah dynastic rule.
The root again raised its head in 2005. Nepalis again uprooted the remaining roots of the despotic Shah dynastic rule that had kept Nepalis in destitute and poverty for 240 years. In 2008, Nepalis root out the Shah dynasty and declared Nepal a federal democratic republic. Now, Nepalis could run the country as they like not as the leaders like or want.
