NA withdraws portraits of King and Queen

Following the directives by the government, the Nepali Army (NA) has started withdrawing the portraits of the King and the Queen from its office premises.

The royal portraits, slogans and quotes will be removed as per the instruction by the Office of the Prime Minister, the NA has said.

The NA has also covered the big slogans eulogising the monarchy outside the NA headquarters and Army Officers's Club with red clothe. The NA has said that since it would take time to erase the slogans, they had covered it up for the time being.

"We are removing the portraits as per the order we received. We have instructed to remove the portraits from offices all over the country but in faraway places, it might take time (to carry out the instruction)," Brigadier General Ramindra Chhetri, spokesperson of the NA, told Kantipur.

The Office of the Prime Minister had issued a circular on Sunday asking all government offices to remove royal portraits. As per the circular, Ministry of Defense had instructed the NA headquarters to take out he royal portraits and slogans from its offices. nepalnews.com sd Aug 23 07