“It may be a matter of touch and go, but we have no other choice but to make the effort. As far as I am concerned, knowing fully well that the situation is really desperate, I am making an effort – a national total effort – to raise the country out from the political, economic and diplomatic morass that 17 years of the king’s dictatorial rule has led her into. At my age, I have no other choice. That is why I am keen on meeting the king even just once to convince him that national efforts can’t be mobilised by the total centralisation of political authority solely in his own hand. If I could succeed in this then I will have personal satisfaction, and the sacrifices of so many men will be relevant and won’t go in vain.” (23 March 1977)
BP Koirala Archives and Records
With foreword by Dr Bipin Adhikari
