The five parliamentarian parties, under the 10th phase of “anti-regressive” movement, are organising mass rallies and protests in Kathmandu from Sunday morning, party sources said.

The protests will mainly be based in the Ratnapark area, the sources said. Torch rallies, burning effigies of “regression” and shouting slogans against “absolute monarchy” will the chief features of the protests, according to the sources.

Meanwhile, leaders from the student wing of Nepali Congress have demanded with their mother party to give up puzzling views and make a “clear stance” over the issue of monarchical system in Nepal.

In a program organised by Nepal Students’ Union on Saturday, the student leaders put forth this demand.

“The generation of our grandpas like BP Koirala fought with the monarch for democracy. It will be unfortunate, if our generation too will have to fight with the monarch for the same rights,” Rajdhani daily quoted the students leaders, as saying.

Nepali Congress, since its inception half a century ago, has been supporting a constitutional monarchical system in Nepal.

A 10 A.M. report said, the protests have being in the Ratnapark area. nepalnews.com mr Dec 28