H1b started a thread asking for logical reasons for ousting or supporting king. So, in this thread, let's attempt to give some logical reasons why his ousting is essential for development of Nepal: Let's first try to diagnose the reasons for Nepal topping the list for the least developed countries (LDCs): I’ve tried to explain according to theories of Socialists. 1. Legacy of colonialism : The countries with the history of colonialism often lagged behind in the race of development. We were not colonised. But they have discovered the term called 'internal colonialism' which suits to explain our country. Even after colonialists left these countries, they left the legacy of colonialism in these countries. But this time it’s not the people from foreign countries, its the elites of the same country. They influence the making of every policies and law, and have direct approach to top government levels thus influencing to make any changes in their favor. These are like the parasites for the country, they don't care anything for the country. All they care is about money making. They don't care about the welfare of the people, about the pollution, about the disease outbreak. They have the ability to go to settle other countries, and thus care less for their own country. I gave this as the number one reason for lagging behind in our development. Royalists often belong to this category. They want to save the monarchy because they consider themselves as the elites. Somebody posted in the thread yesterday claiming to be most learned, educated, and able to foresee the future. They are educated and learned; but they care very less for the country. They are at the top positions and make excellent development plans to prove to be able to foresee the future. But why all our development plans have failed? How did these clever people fail to see the mistakes and keep on repeating these mistakes in making development plans? I would like to cite the quotes from Mr. Krishna Prasad Sigdyal. In his participation of some economic forum in london, he said that everybody said that Nepal's aims were excellent but they asked where the plans were. They said, what Mr. Sigdyal have narrated as Nepal's development plans were only the dreams, and there were no plans on it. 2. Unequal distribution of wealth : Royalists are often the wealthiest people in the country. In most of developing countries, least percentage of people (<10% of population) shares the major portion (more than 2/3) of country's wealth. I’m not asking to nationalize their property like the communists. What I’m saying is that it reflects the situation of our country. These are the people who are taking part in polls like in sajha. They claim 49% of people support monarchy. How about 99% of people supporting republican from college polls that are probably more fair than the internet polls. 3. Absence of democracy: Governments are not liable to address to any problems of nations in undemocratic country. It's more likely that public will never learn about the major problems in the absence of strong opposition and a strong censorships of media. Governments are likely to perform better and address to the needs of people in democratic society. They can't afford to ignore the problems in the light of exposure by media and the voice of oppositions. This is why the first thing that the king has to do after take over was the complete censorship of media, ban on protests, and suppression of oppositions. In these kinds of society, people with problems can never speak up; media can't write about the problems, and there is no opposition. These types of governments are just waiting for a failure, and that's what happened in Nepal. Let’s compare the current scenario of Nepal with the one without the establishment of democracy in 1990. Where would Nepal be now? Do you think that king or then Panchayat system would have realised the mistake and make any changes in the constitutions? Would there be the possibility of rising of strong media like kantipur and others? Would there be the possibility of newer television and FM stations? Would there be the presence of NGOs (including the ones from royalists like Anuradha Koirala's Maiti Nepal) attempting to solve the problems of Nepal? Could we ever have got an opportunity to come abroad? Could there be possibility of private banking sectors or blooming of private schools, colleges and universitites? Would mobile phones ever come to Nepal? The sanctions made after "Magh 19" had already been voided in NTC. We portray royal family as saviors and then they start to think themselves as god being capable to do anything. They never learn a lesson and don't change no matter where they go. Didn't you hear of princess of Saudi Arabia deported from Boston a couple of months ago? She had brought Indonesian maids and let them work for mere $300 per month, hiding their passports. 4. Unequal laws and privelidges: Why do these wealthiest people of the country need to be protected and exempted from any tax? Why do these so called most educated and most learned people cannot compete with the non-elite class and need privileges for non-entering competitions? Haven't you heard of Lok Man Singh Karki? He never needed to give exam for Lok Sewa, and was promoted to even chief-secretary. He enters administrative service from king’s direct order (one simple letter). Why do these wealthiest people need money from government for their health check ups? Deuba government released 2 crores for king's sister. That legacy is still continued. This time, Sushil Koirala was blessed with 60 lakh rupees. Why do general public and often the important personalities from non-elite class never able to get any sort of help from the government? So called democrats are also trying to do the same what royals had done in the past. They are trying to revive that legacy; in that case, they are also doomed to failure. 5. Centralisation: Everything is still centralised in kathmandu. So it puts the risk of country's collapse if anything happens in kathmandu. It also shows the unequal distribution and representation inside the country. So-called elites have strong interest for this centralisation and are very reluctant to favor any policies for decentralisation. 6. Equal representation: Class with lowest representation and minority groups need special protection so that they get an opportunity too. So there should be special provisions for these people in every sector. The voices from minority groups are very unlikely to be heard in authoritarian rule, let leave about giving equal rights. People in Nepal have now realized the value of equal representation. But their means of doing is wrong, and may be motivated by some selfish group of people. What triggers them to fight for their rights? Let’s add more logical reasons for ousting the king. Please refrain from using any verbal assaults or vulgar words in this thread. Use logic if you can.