Kathmandu, April 3 -- Local units across the country have taken serious exception to Friday's violent protests by the monarchists, defending the existing federal democratic republic as having no alternative.

The National Association of Rural Municipalities in Nepal and the Municipal Association of Nepal jointly said on Wednesday that the monarchists' protest is an attack on the democratic system.

"The idea of regression or an authoritarian regime is unacceptable," they said in a statement. "There is no alternative to Loktantra."

Two persons lost their lives while dozens of others, including security personnel, were injured in the protest led by controversial medical college owner Durga Prasai and Nabaraj Subedi, a Rastriya Prajatantra ...