Durga Prasai, coordinator of the “Campaign to Save the Nation, Nationality, Religion, Culture, and Citizens”, has said that he is holding talks with Prime Minister Sushila Karki on December 8.

Addressing a press conference on Saturday, Prasai said that a meeting with the prime minister was fixed after his talks with Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal on Friday.

The government is particularly concerned about Prasai's planned demonstrations prior to the elections, which could create security challenges. This is why the prime minister and home minister are engaging him, said an aide to the prime minister.

Earlier, Prasai was taken into custody for making provocative remarks against the prime minister, the home minister and others and was released following a Supreme Court order.

Stating that the demands he has raised are not personal but belong to the country, the people, and the working class, Prasai warned that he would launch a stronger movement if these demands are not met. He said he took it positively that his demands had reached the prime minister’s table.

His demands include that individuals and business houses blacklisted by financial institutions, cooperatives, and microfinance companies—including small and large entrepreneurs and transport operators—must be removed from the blacklist immediately.

Many of his demands are related to banking, micro finance, cooperatives, issues related to loans and credits, landless squatters, release of individuals arrested during the Gen Z uprising of September. Others concern withdrawing “false” charges against various individuals, separation of bankers from other businesses, increasing the salaries and perks of army and police personnel, and civil servants.

On the political front, Prasai has demanded a referendum to decide whether Nepal should be a Hindu state, whether to retain or abolish the provinces, and the restoration of monarchy.

Prasai warned that elections will not be possible if their demands are not met. He said: “If these demands are not fulfilled, forget about conducting the election in March—it is impossible even in the regular schedule of 2027. The movement will not stop if the demands go unaddressed.”

Prasasi, a pro-royalist and pro-Hindu state campaigner, looked different at the Saturday press meet. He criticised former king Gyanendra Shah and his supporters.

Prasai said that although he had been fighting for the monarchy and a Hindu state for three years, the former king had remained inactive, and even the royalists had shown double standards. For the same reason, the movement has not reached a conclusion, said Prasai , questioning why the former king was basking in the sun in Damak? Shah owns a tea estate in Jhapa where he often goes as an outing from Kathmandu.

Prasai also expressed his discontent that the former king did not even issue a statement when he was arrested for holding protests demanding monarchy.

Prasai also mocked the royalists who live outside the country and act like revolutionaries on social media but do not support his movement. He challenged those who have taken foreign residence permits and settled abroad to “return to the country” rather than prodding people in Nepal to intensify the movement.

Prasai claimed that when he floated the idea of referendum as the final and safest option to restore the monarchy, it was the royalists themselves who opposed him. He said, “If the king had been thrown out by Parliament, then he could have been brought back by Parliament itself [with a two-thirds majority]. Otherwise, everyone has to come out to the streets for the restoration of monarchy. If no one comes out, am I supposed to fight alone?”

He stated that it is a referendum that can bring the king back. “If you like the king so much, if you want a Hindu state, then let’s put out the ballot box. Cast 95 percent of the votes and bring back the king, then!”

Prasai complained that he had been fighting for monarchy and Hinduism for three years, had even been jailed, but other royalist parties and leaders had done nothing. He said, “I fought to bring back the king, I went to jail for it. Others do nothing, and now they come and oppose me?”

Prasai clarified that he has not abandoned the agenda of monarchy, but that the king and the royalists must support the movement and not remain passive. He took pride that being able to take the demand for monarchy and a Hindu state to the prime minister’s table was his achievement.