Nepal, March 10 -- The deposed monarchy's popularity in Nepal is hard to gauge. Ex-king Gyanendra Shah seems to garner some public attention wherever he goes. Over the past month or so, there have also been pro-monarchy rallies all over the country, including the most recent one in Kathmandu on Sunday. The size of these crowds is again a matter of speculation. Yet it would be an exaggeration to say that most Nepalis back the restoration of the institution, as the monarchists claim. In a democracy, the best measure of the popularity of a political party or a political ideology is the support it gets at the ballot box. In the most recent general elections in 2022, the pro-monarchy Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) got under 6 percent of popu...