Former King Gyanendra Shah has said he feels sad but not guilty over the end of monarchy in the country during his regime. “I feel a little sad, not guilty. Because many things could have been avoided,” he said in an televised interview with Image Channel, a local television station, on Tuesday evening.
Gyanendra amid his supporters in Nepalgunj
According to him, he feels that he was betrayed, and that the people are yet to experience and understand the real impact of the end of monarchy. Pointing at the present political situation of the country, he said, “This is where we are right now.”
Responding to a question how he felt when it was said that the former king who was removed from the Naryanhity Royal Palace should be shooed off from Nagarjun also, he said that even as a common citizen justice has not been given to him wholly. “That is how I feel. I think there is a room for the government of the day to give thought to our plight as well as a common Nepali,” he said, adding that he also has rights which he deferred to go to court, not embarrassing the government of the day.
“But I had been advised by many: If you want rights, you should go to court,” he said, adding, “Let us see. If that day will come or the government of the day will give justice to us.” Continue reading
