But relations between the government and the king did not run smoothly-in 1959, then-King Mahendra abolished the nascent democratic system, creating unrest among those opposed to the king. In 1951, Nepal instated the Nepali Congress Party, dissolving some of the monarchic hegemony. In the 1940’s, political opposition rose, critical of the enduring, often unstable, autocratic rule and calling for democratic reforms. Nepal has had a historically monarchal government dating back to the mid-eighteenth century. The 2006 general strike in Nepal was part of a larger democracy movement in the country.
The protest marches that occurred during the campaign grew in size as more members of the general population took action in support of the SPA/CPN’s demands. Other methods added on to the campaign as it progressed, like a tax boycott announced by the SPA on April 9th. The SPA and CPN (Maoist) managed to sustain the general strike for the entire period. The SPA and CPN (as well as their various partners) survived through the strike and to see the eventual achievement of their goals. Additionally, unrest within the Maoist-led government and political instability has continued to the present. And King Gyanendra wasn’t wholly dethroned and Nepal declared a republic by a newly elected government until 2008. However, due to various setbacks, elections to a Constituent Assembly (another of the campaign’s important goals), did not take place until late the following year. On April 24, 2006, King Gyanendra recalled the old Nepal House of Representatives that he had dissolved in 2005, effectively ending the general strike. The strike managed to directly accomplish one of the major goals of the SPA curtailing the powers of the king, ending emergency rule and reinstating the Nepalese Parliament.
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