Bring ‘decisive’ pressure on King, Indian delegation tells Nepal

Jeered and booed on their arrival two days ago, a 7-member Indian delegation on Friday said its commitment and moral support to the movemen...

Jeered and booed on their arrival two days ago, a 7-member Indian delegation on Friday said its commitment and moral support to the movement for the restoration of democracy in Nepal was ‘total’, but wanted agitating parties here to go for a decisive action.

“We have come here to extend our moral support and solidarity to the cause of democracy; this can not be called interference in Nepal’s internal affairs,” the delegation led by CPI(M) politburo member Sitaram Yechury told newspersons before they left for Delhi.

“It was the Vishwa Hindu Parishad supremo Ashok Singhal who met the King immediately after the February 1 takeover, and pledged to secure the support of Hindus in India for the King’s move. We are here for a much larger cause—democracy—which the people of this country have to get back,” said Yechury, a message that every one including veteran socialist leader Surendra Mohan, D Raja (CPI), Chandra Shekhar Sahu (Congress), DP Tripathi (NCP) and Dr Sunilam (Samajvadi party) endorsed.

Yechury and the group faced a black flag demonstration on arrival just outside the airport on Wednesday, which has very likely contributed to their assessment that the “King can not be trusted at all”. The delegation said it would submit a report to the Manmohan Singh government to review its support to the King, a member of the delegation said. However, the delegation felt that while India should not resume arms supply to the Royal Nepal Army unless the king restored the country to democracy, it stopped short of suggesting that India should also break diplomatic ties with Nepal.

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