Your translation from Deshantar of Girija Prasad Koirala ranting against the king (From the Nepali Press, #160) proves once more that he has been distorting facts to suit his own selfish motives and giving false speeches. Koirala is like a stuck gramophone record throwing out his vitriolic nonsense about the then Chief of Army Staff saying that the king's safety was not the army's responsibility.

What then Chief of Army Staff Retd Gen Prajawalla SJB Rana said was that the security of the royal palace is the army\'s responsibility for which there is the Shahi Rakshak Bahini (Royal Security Brigade). The ADC'S or Royal Bodyguards are responsible for the personal safety of the king and other royalty. This is a separate army unit headed by a Lieutenant General which is an entirely separate unit and not under the command of the Chief of Army Staff. Koirala knows this very well since he has been prime minister and hence automatically defence minister more than once. Koirala should take his cue from your internet poll (#159) where more than 80 percent of your respondents thought the old man should quit politics.

A Chhetri,
Handigau