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India did not misread situation in Nepal
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NewsByte on 18 April, 2008 08:24:00
 
"No question of misreading," External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said
pointing out that India wanted to have a multi-party democratic system in Nepal.
Mukherjee said that the people of Nepal have voted a new Constituent Assembly
which will now frame a Constitution.
"We requested the Maoists to join the multi-party democratic political system
in Nepal and join the mainstream by giving up violence. They have done so," he
told reporters on the sidelines of the India-Arab Investment Projects Conclave
in the Capital.
Asked whether he was open to the idea of giving political asylum to the King of
Nepal, Mukherjee shot back, "I do not know whether anybody has sought any
asylum. It is a hypothetical question."
The Maoists, who are set to lead a new coalition goverment in Nepal, have said
the 240-year-old monarchy will be abolished within a month. (PTI)