Although I am an anti-monarchist of long standing, I also believe that the people of the country are sovereign and whatever the majority of the people decide, the fate of the country shall be determined accordingly. Meaning I was willing to accept reinstatement of monarchy in Nepal if people had voted for its reinstatement. However, RPP-N, only party that “fought” the election on the plank of reinstatement of monarchy and Hindu state, succeeded to secure only 24 seats, that too through proportional representation – it failed to win even one seat under FPTP – which amounts to 4.17% of 575 seats. This percentage is undoubtedly an improvement over the position last time (4 out of 564), but this will not even make a dent on the anti-monarchy stance of the majority of the sovereign people – more than 95%.
Perhaps, Kamal Thapa, president of RPP-N has stated that "Monarchy, Hindu state ‘negotiable’ based on the election verdict.
Here we don't know how many people voted for Congress and UML to make sure Maoists do not win. Their votes were not a referendum on monarchy or Hindu Rashtra. I think we need to take this into account.
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