Kathmandu, March 31 -- Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has held former King Gyanendra Shah responsible for the violence, arson and looting during the pro-monarch protest on March 28.

Addressing the House of Representatives on Monday amid the disruption by the opposition Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), Oli said that the former king should take full responsibility for the incident.

"Those involved in criminal incidents should not get immunity and won't get the immunity. The former King Shah also cannot be spared for the violence. Shouldn't the one who says he will become a king and destroy the system publicise his views in all these series of incidents? A leader who incites people to die, a person who has been thrown into a corner by...