KATHMANDU, OCTOBER 1: Nepal's King Gyanendra will visit India in November, his third trip to the country in two years, to discuss issues of bilateral importance including the Maoist insurgency.
Although the dates and agenda are yet to be officially announced, sources said the visit would be a three-day affair—from November 1-3.
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The King is likely to meet President A P J Abdul Kalam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and senior officials in New Delhi.
According to sources, he is likely to endorse India’s stance that the Maoists should give up violence and accept constitutional monarchy and multi-party democracy as conditions for the peace process to proceed.
The visit assumes significance given that at least four political parties here, including the Nepali Congress, have accused him of preparing to become an ‘‘absolute monarch against the letter and spirit of the 1991 Constitution’’.
Sources said that India had originally planned for the King to reach New Delhi on September 30, but the visit was postponed as it came too soon after the trip by Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.
India was the first country that King Gyanendra visited, in July 2002, after his ascension to the throne, followed by another one last year—on a pilgrimage.
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