In what was possibly the largest apolitical mass protest since the 2006 People’s Movement, thousands of protesters gather to oppose the Guthi Bill in Kathmandu on June 19, reports Kathmandu Post. Despite the Government’s withdrawal of the bill from the National Assembly on June 18, residents of the Kathmandu - mostly Newars - took to the streets in large numbers, protesting what they called a state-led attempt to wipe out centuries-old customs and traditions. The protesters demanded that the bill be scrapped completely, not just amended.