Scores of the former monarch´s supporters including cadres of Nepal Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal, the pro-royalist party, have descended on the road to receive him.
His supporters have been shouting slogans against the country´s adoption of republican political system. Security at the crowded Biratnagar airport has been stepped up.
Shah, who is on his way to attend a religious ceremony in Jhumka of Sunsari, is scheduled to speak at a press conference in Hotel Ratna in Biratnagar after a while.
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