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Maoist ideologue Baburam Bhattarai has alleged that India and the United States of America hatched a conspiracy to eliminate King Birendra and install their stooges in the Royal Palace.
In a signed article in the Kantipur daily, Nepal's most popular newspaper, he said King Birendra was the "dust in the eyes of American imperialists and Indian colonialists" as he was "soft to China and the Maoists".
The Maoists had termed the killings a conspiracy.
In the article, written in Nepali, Bhattarai called on the "Royal Army officers and youths committed to the service of country and king, to be involved in the defence of the country though they could not defend the king. Our hearty request to them is to support the patriotic people of Nepal instead of followers of colonialists in the palace."
He said "Indian colonialism" had a dream of making Nepal into "Sikkim", but has now changed into the new design of making Nepal 'Bhutan' and only then 'Sikkim'.
He accused India's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing of hatching the conspiracy with the support of the Central Intelligence Agency.
He said that in the background of conflict between America and China, and the proximity of America and India, "it was more natural for King Birendra to be dust in the eyes of American imperialists and Indian colonialists".
After the commencement of the CPN-Maoist's people's war, "he hesitated to mobilise the Royal Army against Maoists. It was the greatest crime of King Birendra for imperialists and colonialists."
The CPN-Maoists have been staging a bloody war against the establishment, in which over a 1000 people have died till now.
''Many Marxists called the Maoists royalists. There were similar thoughts between King Birendra and us, with reference to many national interests. There was unannounced unity in the approach between us in many contexts. So, it was natural for the colonialists and their brokers to be frightened.''
Bhattarai, a familiar figure in Delhi and a trained architect, said the main contribution of the Shah royalty was "to protect Nepali sovereignty and freedom by struggling first against English imperialists and later against Indian colonialists".
"But if any Shah, taking favour of colonialists, dreams to found the Rana regime," he said, "the Nepalese people will not recognise it."
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