Posted by: deeps April 21, 2006
Gyanendra is to address to the nation this evening
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Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev is to address to the nation this evening. According to source, royal address will be chiefly focussed towards the prevailing political chaos besetting the country. The King, in his address, may decide to relinquish the executive power, which he assumed some 14-months back in bloodless coup, if to believe source. Similarly, the monarch is strongly expected to raise the issue of formation of an interim government. As far as the constitution of an interim government is concerned, the former Prime Minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai is strongly speculated to take lead role. Political pundits forecast that some parties associated with the seven party alliance may also join yet-to-be-declared interim government. UML Leaders Khanal, Gautam Arrested From TIA THT Online Kathmandu, April 21 Police arrested senior leaders of the CPN-UML Jhalanath Khanal and Bam Dev Gautam from the Tribhuvan International Airport today. Khanal was returning from New Delhi after a long stay there. Khanal, who is also the chief of the foreign department of the party, had been in India following widespread government crackdown on opposition political leaders some three months ago.
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