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Kathmandu, February 21: Chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal, Kamal Thapa, has commented that former Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai is suffering from a desperate mentality.

Responding to Bhattarai’s comment on the statement made by former King Gyanendra Shah on the occasion of National Democracy Day, he said it was unfortunate to criticize King Shah, who has never spoken against any political party, leaders and the government.

“My classmate Baburam Bhattarai’s desperate mentality has once again come to the fore,” Thapa alleged.

King Gyanendra has portrayed the current situation of the country in a poignant way in the message of Phagun 7. The king said he was ready to help save and build the country.

“The king has never opposed democracy, party or government,” Thapa asked Bhattarai, adding, “Doesn’t the constitution give King Gyanendra, who is a citizen, the right to express concern over the country’s situation and the opinion that he is ready to help resolve the crisis?”  

“Is the right to freedom of thought granted by the Constitution only to Baburam and his immediate family?,” Thapa remarked.

Stating that the constitution itself ensures the right to change the federal secular republic structure if the people want, Thapa further asked, “Who gave Baburamji the right to curtail or prohibit that constitutional right?”

“Baburam’s idea that the king’s thoughts and activities should be controlled because he is dissatisfied with the current situation and system is itself autocratic and fascist, Thapa said.

Thapa also said that for the last eighteen years, he has been constantly calling for and fighting for the change of republic, federalism and secularism.

“If you can control us, control the millions of people who want democracy with a king, re-establishment of Hindu Rashtra and the abolition of federalism,” he said, adding, “Baburamji, who controls thoughts, should understand that there has been a big change in the mindset of the people.”

“People have now understood the false narrative that was prepared 18 years ago under the pressure and influence of foreigners. The people are being harassed and threatened.”

Chairman Thapa, who was a member of the talk team with the Maoists in “war”, also recalled that Baburam had expressed the wish to accept the king’s rule.

People’s News Monitoring Service.