K. P. BHATTARAI, the veteran Nepali Congress leader, has parted ties with the new united Nepali CONGRESS! He is against the need to declareNepal a 'REPUBLIC'. He was present yesterday for UNION of the Deuba & GP Congress. However, he sent a note to Party Mahasamiti that he NOW LONGER WANTS TO BE A PART OF NEPALI CONGRESS! He wrote in that note that had BP & Ganesh Man Singh been alive they would never have allowed Nepal to be declared a REPUBLIC!!!!