Koirala’s repeated pleas to meet ex-King rejected

Nepalmountainnews Report | 22 Dec 2008

Unofficial reports have it that Nepali Congress President Girija Prasad Koirala’s repeated plea to meet ousted King Gyanendra Shah has been rejected.

According to Shekhar Koirala- youth leader of the Nepali Congress, senior Koirala’s perennial petition to meet ex-King Gyanendra was rejected by Gyanendra himself.

Similarly, Chief of the Army Staff Mr. Rookmangad Katawal’s pleas to meet the ex-queen mother Ratna too have been rejected reports vernacular weekly Sanghu.

The Nepal Army chief is talked to be the adopted son of Queen Ratna.

King Gyanendra of late has been meeting political leaders of various shades and inquiring about the political situation in the country.

Rakesh Sood- Indian ambassador to Nepal, Kamal Thapa-RPP-Nepal President, Pashupati Sumsher Rana- RPP President and Surya Bahadur Thapa- RJP (Rastriya Janshakti Party) President have already called on ex-monarch in the recent days.

Mr. S.B. Thapa immediately after meeting King Gyanendra appears to have left for New Delhi- the Mecca of Nepali politics or else he should have been in the news.

However, Koirala’s repeated request to see the king in person and the straight denial from the former monarch, say analysts, was obvious.