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Nepal King's offer finds no takers

      Kathmandu: More than twenty hours after Nepal King Gyanendra announced to hand over the executive power to the opposition Seven-Party Alliance (SPA), his offer has found no takers not only among the political parties but also among the general people who have termed it as too little and too late. Saturday morning witnessed hectic meetings among the different party leaders to chalk out a the course of its next level of protests as the political parties like Communist Party of Nepal- UML and Nepali Congress have already publicly rejected the King's offer and have vowed to continue the protests. General Secretary of CPN-UML, Madhav Kumar Nepal said: "We will not accept ... We will continue the protests," to a group of protestors in Kathmandu. Nepali Congress leader and former Prime Minister, Girija Prasad Koirala, today said that the offer has no meaning to them and that they would continue their protests since the King has not yet accepted our demands.

     Meanwhile, the seven-party alliance, which is spearheading the pro-democracy movement, has rejected the King's offer of transferring executive power to the people and vowed to continue their agitation. "The King's proclamation has failed to address the objective and agenda of the people's movement. It has devalued people's sentiments," a statement issued after the alliance meeting said. The meeting was attended by Nepali Congress President Koirala, Madhav Kumar Nepal, Nepali Congress (Democratic) President Deba, Jan Morcha Nepal Chairman Amik Sherchan, Nepal Workers and Peasants Party Chairman Narayanman Bijukchhe, Nepal Sadbhavana Party (A) Vice President Bharat Vimal Yadav and United Left Front leader Bishnu Bahadur Manandhar. The opposition SPA has been demanding of constituting a new Constituent Assembly that would frame a new Constitution for the Himalayan Kingdom. Meanwhile, thousands of protestors have again come out on the streets of the capital today and shouted slogans against the King. Nepal's Royal Government today freed two senior leaders of CPN, Jhala Nath Khanal and Bamdev Gautam, who were taken into custody on Friday from the Kathmandu airport soon after they returned from New Delhi.