On the eve of King Gyanendra’s visit to India, the Antar Rashtriya Sahayod Parishad held a seminar on 21June, 2002 on the subject of "Constitutional Monarchy and Democracy in Nepal". In view of poorperformance of the government after the introduction of multi-party system, word is going round that thepeople of Nepal are fed up with the political leadership and that they long for a return to the Panchayat daysand direct governance by the King. These stories are being spread around deliberately by vested interests. What Nepal needs is not less, but more of democracy. This paper presented in the seminar reflectsthe author's views