New Delhi: King Gyanendra is facing trouble not just on his home turf but also from across the borders. While his government battles pro-democracy protestors on the streets of Nepal, the Monarch may have stern opposition on his hands - from India.
CPM and NCP leaders met the Prime Minister yesterday - to put pressure on the Indian government to change its Nepal policy. And for once - a BJP leader agrees too.
After having lost his political legitimacy he now losing his the popular support too.
The people of Nepal defying curfew and shoot at sight orders were out on the streets for 6th day in a row.
In Delhi too patience is running thin. Yechury and D P Tripathi members of the Nepal Democratic and Solidarity Committee have asked the Prime Minister to issue a joint communiqué with the international community.
They wanted the communiqué to be issued before April 14th, that is when King Gyanendra is expected to announce a schedule for general elections. Yechury and D P Tripathi also urged the Prime Minister to ask the UN not to use the Royal Nepal Army in peacekeeping duties
The Prime Minister has admitted that the international community is losing patience with India on the Nepal issue. And it seems the China factor is uppermost on Delhi's mind with the PM again raising the issue of Chinese arms sales to Nepal.
The PM was also reported saying that he did not want to be in the same position as Bush after the recent election of Hamas.
While it seems India does not want to push King Gyanendra into the Chinese camp, staunch old friends of the king appear to be doing a rethink.
"We have to persuade the King -- you're taking the wrong path, you are digging the grave of the monarchy. You need to step back for the sake of your heirs and for the sake of your country," Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister and National Security Advisor, Brajesh Mishra, said.
As the unrest in Nepal rises, a new political consensus in New Delhi is expected to free up the Prime Minister's policy options.
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