Nepalese King's speech

But the political parties back in his home protested his taking part in the summit. The king pledged to hold general elections by 2007 but who would dare to stand as candidate or who would take the risk of voting is a different story altogether. Katmandu doesn't represent the entire nation.

To walk through the downtown with barricades of security personnel and to take floral gifts (security checked) from people who don't know what you are up to is not equivalent to making pledges to the world. And everybody understands that he has to end his coup sooner or later. Otherwise, the monarchy may become a tragic history in Nepal. This possibility has become more real as the frontline political parties have omitted their 'supportive note' on monarchy from their declaration after the last convention.

It would therefore be better for the king to take things in a different way, communicate with the parties, talk with the rebels and be like his elder brother, who is cherished and missed in good and bad times by the general people.