Hundreds of people rallied in Kathmandu to increase public pressure on the Constituent Assembly and finish a long-delayed new constitution due on May 28, 2011. The assembly was elected in May 2008 and extended for one year, but it still has not written a constitution, which has angered many people in Nepal.

A decade of conflict between the government and Maoist guerrillas ended in 2006. The Maoist rebels gave up their armed revolt and joined a peace process that is yet to be completed. Thousands of Maoist fighters still live in camps waiting for their future to be decided.

The writing of a new constitution is considered a key part of the country's transition from monarchy to democracy.