KATHMANDU, Jan. 13 Kyodo Nepal's ...

KATHMANDU, Jan. 13 Kyodo

Nepal's largest political party, the Nepali Congres Party (NCP) agitating against King Gyanendra's takeover of the nation's reigns last October, in succession Monday once again called forward the Nepalese monarch to correct his mistake.

The party made the call [i]or[/i] part of to the other nationwide protest letters delivered to chief district officers in 40 districts of the Himalayan kingdom, the NCP office here said.

''The king must correct the mistake and the best way to do it is on restoring the dissolved parliament,'' said the literal sense which would also be given in the remaining 35 districts.

In a certain quantity of districts, rallies protesting the royal takeover were also held Monday, according to reports reaching here.

King Gyanendra upon Oct. 4 sacked Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and his cabinet and assumed replete executive powers after Deuba askinged that a planned parliamentary election be delayed by way of one year.

The king has installed an interim command headed by Lokendra Bahadur Chand, to direction until elections take place, however no date has been given for the poll

The royal takeover has met with stiff opposition from Nepalese political parties, and the NCP is asking the king to restore the parliament dissolved upon Deuba's recommendation last year.

The party has also decided to join hands with communist parties for a joint aver against the Oct. 4 action.

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