Kathmandu: Prime Minister Thapa is all set to proceed to New Delhi next week.

Analysts say that Nepalese politics will presumably take a new turn upon Thapa’s return from New Delhi.

However, Thapa is making a trip to Delhi as the current Chairperson of the SAARC movement.

To recall, Thapa is visiting Delhi at a time when his colleague in the UML, Madhav Kumar Nepal, has just returned from his India pilgrimage and finalised a new policy to deal with the crisis at home.

Add to this, Madhav Nepal went for this pilgrimage when NC stalwart, Ram Chandra Poudel, already had made such a trip to India. Upon return from India visit, Poudel summarily dismissed Madhav Nepal as a consensus candidate of the five agitating parties for the post of the Prime Minister. Poudel’s blunt remarks must have jolted Madhav Nepal from within.

If this were not enough, the septuagenarian congress leader, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai is yet in India who, reports reveal, met with several Indian leaders and talked on how to enhance Nepal-India bilateral ties.

This is not all. Shri Chakra Prasad Bastola, a NC man who is considered to have established close links with the Maoists leaders is also in Delhi, say media reports. To recall, it was Mr. Bastola who presumably brought Koirala face to face with comrade Prachanda. To grace this rare opportunity, Koirala upon completion of his China trip two years ago preferred to land in Delhi instead of Kathmandu which is what he should have done, diplomatically speaking.

What makes the Delhi trips so important no body knows.

However, the fact is that as and when Nepali leaders feel “uncomfortable” in Nepal, politically speaking, they prefer to enjoy their few days in the neighboring country. What makes them so comfortable in Delhi or for what purposes they intend to be in Delhi is a matter that is being discussed in this country since all along 1950s. The fact is also that Nepali leaders’ Delhi trip(s) have yet remained a mystery which will remain a mystery ad infinitum.

Analysts say that it is not the fault of Delhi. The fault lay right here in Nepal. “For our own weaknesses, let’s not blame New Delhi”, say mature political analysts here.

Prime Minister Thapa is likely to appraise his friends in New Delhi about the measures he is currently taking in order to curb the threats of the Maoists and in all probability will seek the Indian understanding and support for his rule in this Kingdom. He might use this visit to consolidate his rule until the elections that he has already hinted in the recent past.

How New Delhi satisfies Prime Minister Thapa will have to be watched.

Back home, former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has bluntly said that the King’s active rule since October 4, last year, too have not been able to satisfy the aspirations of the people. According to him, the law and order situation has become more worse than what had been during his own tenure; the conflict is all the more on an increase; chances for holding elections still appear remote and that country’s economy has definitely gone down.

“The King so far has not been able to bag any tangible success by sacking me from the prime ministerial post”, said Deuba talking to Dristi weekly dated November 18, 2003.

When asked to comment what the King said to him at his last meeting with the monarch, Deuba says: ” When the King asked me what the people said these days, he said that the people told him that injustice was done to Deuba by the monarch.

How the King took your response?

“He did not respond”, concluded Deuba.

Deuba, however, maintains that until and unless the King wishes himself to remain as a real constitutional monarch, the tussle in between the political parties and the King will continue as it is now.