A Tete-a-tete With a Jailed Nepal Leader: Nepali Congress leader Ram Chandra Poudel speaking with journalists few days ago in Pokhara hospital. He was admitted there while-in-detention. Now he is back to hometown Tanahun spending days in a warehouse under police surveillance. By Ghanashyam Ojha United We Blog! Exclusive The four-month illegal detention has not wavered Ram Chandra Poudel, senior leader of Nepali Congress instead it has strengthened his zeal to fight for absolute democracy. Poudel is heading for the democracy where there is no monarchy. Poudel in white-robe was taken aback when me, Balaram Baniya and other colleagues entered the room where he has been kept for four months following the king?s putsch in February 1. Poudel has been kept in a warehouse (goadowan) of Agriculture Corporation in Damauli, Tanahu. He looked visibly overjoyed to see us in his room and welcomed us. Spirited Poudel began the conversation thus: you know, now the conflict in Nepal is between parliament verses king. He said he has determined to fight a moral fight with the king. ?I want to expose the so-called democratic face of this king to the international community,? he said. Poudel, Narahari Acharya, Lila Mani Pokharel, Amik Sherchan, veteran human rights defender Krishna Pahadi and some other political leaders are still in detention. Paradoxically the king staged military coup of February 1 on the excuse to fight Maoist terrorism but nobody knows why the king instead of Maoists has detained the political leaders and human rights defender who would in fact be of help to the king to fight terrorism. ?This king is not fighting terrorism,? Poudel said. - http://www.blog.com.np/index.php?p=630