1990 Nepalese revolution: Difference between revisions

Over the course of several days, police shot and killed dozens as protesters blocked streets, taunted police officers and paraded flags demanding a restoration of the multiparty democracy system that the country had in the 1950s. At the climax of the protests, people surrounded government buildings, urging the king to accept their demands. By that point, many police did not engage with protesters but looked on as some protesters smashed government property, such as the prime minister's car and a statue of [[King Mahendra]], as a result of which the leaders called off the protests. On 8 April 1990, the king removed the ban on political parties.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/>

 

 

The construction of the constitution faced many difficulties because of the chasm between elites and the typical voter. The leaders of the most prominent parties are typically upper class citizens who are rarely concerned or associate with the larger section of the Nepal population, in which the typical voter had a high probability of being illiterate and high ethnic attachment. This large disparity increased the difficulty of creating a usable system that allowed electoral officials and Nepali citizens to create a new system, yet still embrace traditions and beliefs about caste.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Democratic Transition in Nepal |isbn=9780847695775|last1=Parajulee|first1=R. P. |year=2000 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9RsLR6OsEx0C&pg=PA22}}</ref>