Dhading, June 3 :
Standing committee member of the CPN-UML Bam Dev Gautam today urged the King to abdicate before the conduction of the election to a Constituent Assembly and live like a commoner.
Addressing a mass meeting in Dhadingbesi, the district headquarters of Dhading, the former deputy prime minister said: “If the King does not announce his abdication, the parliament will absolve him of all his special rights.â€
“The people’s movement has restored people’s rights. All the rights enjoyed by the King have been snatched,†Gautam further said.