Former King Gyanendra Shah has expressed worries over recent incidents of violence in various parts of the nation over the new Constitution. He will not offer Dashain Tika to members of the public this year, owing to difficulties in transportation.
Shah’s personal secretary Phani Raj Pathak said the former monarch would not offer Tika to public on the Vijaya Dashami day, which befalls on October 22, citing “uneasy situation in daily life of Nepalis and difficulties in transportation”. Even after abolition of monarchy in 2008, Shah had been offering Tika to his supporters at his personal residence in Mahargunj on the day of Vijaya Dashami every year. Shah, however, has extended a message to all Nepali people on the occasion of Bada Dashain.
