BY Thira-E-Zine SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
KATHMANDU, JUNE 11
The recently deposed king Gyanendra Shah in Nepal is saying goodbye to the Narayanhity Palace where the royal family lived for over 100 years today evening.
He was compelled to do so as sweeping majority of the recently-elected constituent assembly members proclaimed the country a republic by abolishing the 240-year-old monarchy and directed the government to implement republic in the first CA meeting on May 28.
The government had issued 15-day ultimatum to the former king to vacate the Narayanhiti palace. The government also suggested the king to stay at Nagarjun palace in the suburb of Kathmandu valley until for other arrangement is made.
Hence, Nepal's former king Gyanendra has spent his last night in the Narayanhiti Palace.
Recently king-turned-ordinary citizen of Nepal Gyanendra Shah, is scheduled to give his first opinion as a citizen at a press conference before he and his wife Komal, the former queen, move to Nagarjun, in the north-western suburbs of Kathmandu, according to officials.
Several TV channels, FM Radio stations are making preparation and expecting to give immediate news, if not live, of king's departure from the palace.
Gyanendra's son Paras, his wife Himani along with their family have been staying at Nirmal Niwas Mahargunj, where Gyanendra lived before he ascended to the throne following the royal massacre.
The government has decided to convert the Narayanhiti Palace into a national museum.
However, the government also has decided to let Gyanendra's stepmother and grandmother (Tribhuwan's concubine) will be staying at a fenced off building inside the Narayanhiti palace compound itself.
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