Kathmandu. Today, the 16th Democracy Day is being celebrated all over the country by organizing various programs. Democracy Day has been celebrated all over the country since 2064 BS after the Parliament, which was dissolved on 8 June 2059 BS, was re-established on 11 April 2063 BS. After the dissolution of the parliament in September 2059 BS, the election could not be held due to armed conflict. After the election, King Gyanendra Shah started a series of appointing and removing the people of his choice as the Prime Minister.
King Gyanendra was removing three persons including Lokendra Bahadur Chand, Surya Bahadur Thapa, and Sher Bahadur Deuba as the Prime Minister. After King Gyanendra took power in his own hands-on Margsir 12, 2062, a 12-point agreement was reached between the seven agitating parties and the then-armed warring CPN (Maoist).
The movement gained momentum in Margsir 2062 BS when the political power, which had been divided into three poles by a 12-point agreement, came to two poles. King Gyanendra announced the reconstitution of the parliament on the night of Baishakh 12 and called a meeting. That is why this day is called Democracy Day.
This day became the foundation of the republic. On 12 June 2063 BS, the Parliament suspended the monarchy by cutting the powers of the royal court. The meeting had passed a resolution to bring the Maoists into the peace process and hold a Constituent Assembly election.
The first Constituent Assembly election was held on Chaitra 28, 2064. The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly held on Jesth 15, 2065 duly ended the 240-year-old monarchy. Although the first Constituent Assembly failed to promulgate the constitution, it did a lot of work. The Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal was promulgated on 4 Margsir 2070 BS by the Assembly elected from the second Constituent Assembly election held on 3 Ashoj 2072 BS.
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