Geology Tiger, thanks for your comment. I am not a proponent of absolute monarchy in Nepal but I believe this institution was the best to patronize Nepal. You are right. Not every Shah king was able leader and good for nation. I think there were few notable kings/leaders in Shah dynasty who contributed to the nation. Firstly, King Prithvi N. Shah, the great (every true Nepali knows his contribution), his young son Bahadur Shah who extended Nepal to Setluj in the west and Sikkim to the east, Ran Bahadur Shah, continued annexation of other territorries to Nepal. But, most importantly, in modern history of Nepal, King Mahendra was one who brought Nepal into international forum (helped to get UNO membership to Nepal as an independet nation). Helped eradicate Rana rule from Nepal (his approach into Nepal army helped nepali congress' november revolution), worked in the proliferation of Nepali language and education (before him official language of instruction in education was hindi), initiated industrialization (all of which congress sold dirt cheap at the name of privatization), construcation of east west highway. He was a visionary leader and even today political parties area adopting his policy in differnet name (eg. UML's afno gau afai banau was a copy of Mahendra's model). But many people in Nepal do not evaluate his contribution and brand him as an autocrat. His 2017 BS action was not democratic but it was a demand of time. You can project democratic practice of then comparing to that of now. He well knew, to give a nepal stability, we should need political system differnet from that of china and India.[ FYI, 58 out of 74 NC member of parliament supported king Mahendra's 2017 action and entered Rastriya Panchayat.]

So, what is my point is, Nepal should have political system that incorporates both Monarchy as a state head (as a symbol of national unity and patron of nationality and our cultural heritages) and  democracy (elected PM, but new leaders should born). Nepal cannot hold Republic it's proved.

Nalapani.......GORKHALI SPIRIT NEVER DIES !!!!!!!