Jaswant Singh postpones Kathmandu visit

New Delhi, Apr 24: Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh has postponed his visit to Kathmandu as a representative of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to persuade King Gyanendra to accept multi-party democracy.

Sources close to Mr Singh said he will not go to Kathmandu as per his original schedule. His revised programme will only be known tomorrow.

However, reasons for the postponement are not known yet.

Mr Singh himself had stated that he would be travelling to the Himalayan Kingdom to urge the King to restore peace at the earliest as it was inextricably linked to security scenario of India.

The purpose of his visit is to restore, peace and amity and mutual cooperation between political parties and the King, the sources added.

Mr Singh had met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on April 21 to have an insight into the official approach and update himself about efforts underway to defuse the crisis.

UNI