Pak. media reports baseless, says BJP

NEW DELHI, JUNE 4. The Bharatiya Janata Party today took exception to the attempts of Pakistan media to ``implicate'' India in the killings of King Birendra and other members of the royal family.

The senior BJP leader, Mr. J.P. Mathur, said it was ``amazing'' that a section of the Pakistani press was ``floating'' reports accusing the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) of having a hand in the massacre. It would not be surprising that some political leaders were using media to for anti-India tirade, he said. These forces should not forget that India always had cordial and good relations with Nepal, and the king symbolised the only professed Hindu kingdom. The reaction of Pakistani press betrayed a feeling of guilt that their own intelligence agencies may be involved in this heinous crime, he said.

``The baseless and fanatical allegations coming on the heels of Pakistan Chief Executive, Gen. Pervez Musharraf, accepting Indian invitation for talks speak of ill attention to spoil any chances of normalising relationship,'' Mr. Mathur added.

A conspiracy, says RSS

The RSS chief, Mr. K.S. Sudarshan, today said the killings of King Birendra, Queen Aishwarya and other members of the royal family smacked of a conspiracy to embitter the Indo-Nepal ties.

King Birendra was considered an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, and his killing had left the Nepalese populace in ``a state of inconsolable sorrow'', he said in a statement. ``The entire episode is shrouded in a veil of mystery in the absence of eyewitness accounts,'' he said and averred that during the past few years there had been an upsurge in ``anti-Hindu activities'' in the Himalayan kingdom. ``It has become imperative to unravel the mystery behind the killings which is vital for the security and integrity of both India and Nepal,'' he said.

- UNI

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