Kathmandu: The president of the splinter congress, Girija Prasad Koirala, appears determined to continue his tirade against the Nepali monarchy which he initiated right after the King assumed the executive powers of the State and formed a government under Lokendra Bahadur Chand on October 4 last year.

However, analysts remained puzzled over Koirala’s acquiring a rather mild posture against the monarchy when the latter made a fervent appeal to the political parties in Biratnagar to unite in the larger interest of the nation. But this was not to continue for long.

President Koirala took an abrupt turn in Butwal Monday wherein he said at a gathering that the NC led movement against the monarch would continue ad infinitum till the monarch corrected his measures that according to Koirala amounted to unconstitutional and undemocratic.

In the process of his speech in Butwal, Koirala alleged that the King on the one hand appeals the political parties to unite in order to sort out the national issues amicably, on the other the King appears busy in bringing about fissures in and among various political parties so that the parties finally disintegrated.

That Koirala’s anger has not subsided to the desired extent could be gauged by his implied hint which he made in Butwal gathering that the monarch had been leading the regressive forces of the country.

Analysing Koirala’s scathing criticisms against the monarchy, what could be easily guessed is that he and his splinter congress will continue to deride the King for an indefinite period.

But whether his flagrant utterances being made against the King will yield positive results or not will have to be watched.

Significantly, Koirala in the recent months has spoken all the bad words for the monarch but surprisingly enough nothing of the sort of a retaliation from the other camp has so far been noticed save the monarch’s speech in Biratnagar at one point hints that no political parties or for that matter leaders should nurture extra ambitions and lust for power which ultimately pushes the country to danger.

Here apparently the word “lust for power” has been used for Koirala, analysts interpret.

All said and done, it would be interesting to watch the impending Koirala moves that will all be aimed at forcing the King to yield. It would be equally interesting to watch how the King reacts to Koirala’s and his party’s political overtures. It would also be interesting to see as to on which grounds and conditions, the rest of the democratic forces including the UML join the Koirala’s crusade against the King.

It is in this light the RPP’s new role has got to be seen. To recall, while the parties like the congress and the UML have taken very lightly the King’s Biratnagar speech suggesting that nothing very special for them was in the said speech, then the RPPs newly elected chairman, Mr. Pashupati Rana, maintains that the King’s address was not only forward looking but also contained meaning loaded hints.