Vajpayee wrote to the King, saying, We would like you to know that in this hour of national sorrow, India and its people are with the Kingdom of Nepal. A credible inquiry or the testimony of the massacre witness allows the king to persuade his people that he is not a regicide. Police curfews bring some quiet in Kathmandu. Monarch is distrusted, but democracy survives. Unable to get support from any quarter, king declares state of emergency, suspends democracy.
Political parties join Maoists in opposing military monarchy.
Civil war looms large. Reproduction in any form is prohibited without prior permission.