King’s consultation has no meaning: leaders

April 19, 2006
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As King Gyanendra is having political consultations with various leaders to solve the political problem of the country, leaders of the seven-party alliance have said consultations with leaders and parties who are not in the alliance would hold no meaning.

Speaking at an interaction in the capital on Tuesday, Nepali Congress (NC) leader Gopal Pahadi criticised former prime minister Krishna Prasad Bhattarai for committing a “serious mistake for the first time” by meeting the King in such a situation.

The leaders, including Pahadi, ruled out chances of meeting the King unless the monarch invites alliance leaders through a royal proclamation and promises to hand over all executive powers and sovereign rights to the people.

Reiterating his party’s stance of the revival of the House of Representatives (HoR), Pahadi said the parties would sit for dialogue with the monarch only through Parliament.

Narayan Khadka of the NC (Democratic) dubbed the royal audience as meaningless.

Saying that the ongoing movement has been transferred to the hands of the people, NC leader Bhim Bahadur Tamang said, “Holding dialogue with former prime ministers or any other leader except those of the seven-party alliance would be meaningless.”

Former minister Nilambar Acharya said there cannot be any compromise with the monarch now. “The movement has gained such a height that people would only agree even on a constituent assembly now.”

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) leader Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan emphasised dialogue through consensus. Pradhan, who is also a former Inspector General of Police, said the police force has not been disciplined and controlled these days. nepalnews.com pb Apr 19 06