Kathmandu, April 16 -- UML has been staging a series of mass rallies across the country. After a recent show of strength in Butwal, Siraha, and Jhapa, the party has announced a similar event in Kathmandu on April 24. This time, it has been billed as a 'youth festival'.

Under the banner of the 'Youth Festival', the UML aims to flex its organisational muscle by mobilising youth in the national capital.

April 24 marks Loktantra Diwas, the day of the end of King Gyanendra's direct rule, which lasted about a year and a half and ended with the People's Movement of 2006. With the former king and his supporters becoming increasingly active in recent months, the UML is organising the 'festival' in Kathmandu through its youth wing, tying it with ...