Nepal government grants summer palace for deposed king

Kathmandu - The Nepalese government Wednesday said it will allow the disposed king to live in a summer palace after he moves out of the main palace in Kathmandu. The government's decision came two days after former king Gyanendra asked the government to provide him and his family with a place to stay after he moves of the main Narayanhiti Palace in central Kathmandu and make security arrangements. The Nepalese cabinet said Gyanendra will be allowed to move into the Nagarjun palace on the outskirts of the capital Kathmandu and live there until he finds a suitable home. However, the government did not give any time frame for Gyanendra to live there. Both Narayanhiti and Nagarjun palaces were nationalized by the government ahead of the historic vote to abolish the monarchy by the special assembly exactly a week ago. The assembly had also given the former monarch to leave the main palace in Kathmandu within 15 days of the vote. Narayanhiti palace in Kathmandu was the seat of Nepalese kings for nearly a century and the scene of a bloody massacre seven years ago that wiped out the entire family of Gyanendra's brother Birendra. The government also said the former king would be provided special security and the task of guarding him had been given to the police. The vote to abolish monarchy capped Nepal's fledgling peace process that began one and half years ago with the signing of a peace agreement between the government and the Maoists rebels.

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