A letter written by British MP to His Majesty the King has been a matter of debate in the Nepalese parliament. Member of the parliament has raised objection to the language and the attitude of the letter by David Alton, a member of the British House of Lords to His Majesty the King.

In his letter exactly one month back, Alton had claimed repressions by Hindu extremists againt Christians in Nepal and had asked the king that they be stopped immediately. In his letter Alton had also accused Ashok Nath Tiwari, an Upper House member for atrocities against the Christians.

“The member of the British parliament, called as the mother of parliament has used such language which befits only the Crown Prince,” Dr. Ramman Shrestha, an Upper House member of the CPN-ML told the parliament.

Does it mean the MP of the British parliament is unaware of what language should be used to address a monarch, he asked. Or, he said, he is trying to demean our monarchy. At the meeting, MP Tiwari has submitted proof of the plan to convert 1 million Hindus into christianity, and drew the government’s concern towards this.

(Deshantar, September 19, Sunday)