India’s special envoy to Nepal, Karan Singh, briefed Indian Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, about the latest situation in Nepal and his deliberations during his two-day stay in Kathmandu on Friday.

The special envoy discussed with Prime Minister Singh for half an hour in New Delhi, Indian media reports said.

“It is our hope and expectation that perhaps by the end of the day some major announcement will be made,” a report posted in the online edition of The Hindu, an English daily, quoted Singh as saying while talking to reporters after the meeting with the Prime Minister. “We are hoping that there will be some major step towards reinstating democracy,” added he.

Singh who met the King and the opposition leaders during his stay in Kathmandu further said, “I am not going into details. We must give time to the King to clearly think over it and not to dictate. Nepal is an independent country. We have done our bit.”

Meanwhile, a senior leader of Bharatiya janata Party (BJP) and former External Affairs minister Jaswant Singh also met Prime Minister Singh to discuss about the political turmoil in Nepal.

“The first priority should be the earliest restoration of peace and confidence between political parties and the monarchy in Nepal,” The Hindu quoted him saying after the meeting with Prime Minister Singh.

He also described both the multiparty democracy and monarchy as two pillars of Nepal’s political system.

Reports said Singh is also planning a visiting to Nepal within a few days and is trying to coordinate with Prime Minister Singh regarding his deliberations in Kathmandu. nepalnews.com mk Apr 21 06