ACTIVISTS OF the Bharat Nepal Maitriya Samaj burnt the effigy of King Gyanendra Veer Vikram Singh at Shaheed Gurung crossing in the city in support of their demand to restore democracy in Nepal.
Expressing his views on the occasion, senior Socialist leader Ramakant Pandey said Indians and Nepalese had a deep-rooted relationship and democracy was the only means to save the country from unrest. He demanded that the government should provide security and life insurance facilities to contestants of the Panchayat election in Nepal. Co-ordinator of PUCL Fateh Bahadur Singh said the Nepali king was trying to kill democracy. Senior Congress leader Markandey Prasad Singh demanded that the Indian government should take an initiative in restoring democracy in Nepal.