TGW - A belated news report published in a weekly newspaper quoting sources at the Soaltee Crown Plaza Hotel in Kathmandu has it that Nepal’s ex-King Gyanendra and Indian Ambassador to Nepal Mr. Rakesh Sood had met some three weeks back.
The meetings in series took place at the most expensive suite of the Five Star Hotel in Kathmandu.
“Both the meetings took place in the evening”, writes Sanghu Vernacular Weekly dated September 8, 2008 quoting Hotel Staffers as saying.
“The first day of the meeting lasted merely fifteen minutes nevertheless the second day meeting lasted for well over two hours”.
What transpired between the two is yet a mystery? And why they met twice is also not less intriguing?
As per the report, the meeting between Ex-King Gyanendra and Ambassador Sood was arranged by none other that the director of Soaltee Hotel and a close friend of the ex-King himself, Mr. Prabhakar Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana. Mr. Rana is a business partner of the ex-King as well.
"The first meeting ended over a cup of tea, however, the second meeting continued for well over two hours with Whiskey and a lavish dinner served", writes Sanghu further.
Interestingly, Ambassador Sood who is constantly being snubbed by South-Block establishment in New Delhi for his erratic activities in Nepal has out of sheer frustration increased cigarette smoking, and ex-King Gyanendra too has reasons a plenty to get frustrated and thus smokes more than usual…both within the span of fifteen minutes smoked not less than ten cigarettes from the Pack of Surya Gold, writes the paper referring to the first meeting.
“Some carefully chosen Hotel staffers had served the two maverick politicians”.
Report adds Prabhakar Shumsher Rana was not present in the exclusive tête-à-tête between Nepal’s ex-ruler and the powerful Indian diplomat.
However, Mr. Rana, reports add, had met Rakesh Sood over a dinner few days earlier in order to arrange this exclusive meet between the two. 2008-09-08 07:30:21
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