Correcting the link in the following lines in the earlier message: (b) The wide scale acceptance of the conclusion that there is no popular support for republicanism appears to have influenced by scientifically erroneous summary statement published in Nepali Times. Read the following line from Sharma and Sen's report in Nepali Times, #239 - http://www.nepalitimes.com/issue239/headline.htm "The people overwhelmingly reject republicanism. ."