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By Sanjeev Miglani and Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Just a few years ago, Nepal's royal family looked consigned to the history books. The Rastriya Prajantantra Party Nepal, a royalist group led by Kamal Bahadur Thapa, who was interior minister at the height of anti-monarchy protests, has found a way back into the political fray with a strident campaign to once again make Nepal the world's only Hindu state. "Our main agenda is a Hindu state with a constitutional monarchy," Thapa told Reuters. "The monarchy should be the last custodian of the country during the times of crisis." "We want Nepal to be a Hindu nation where all religions will co-exist, all religions will be free and equal.More...