With India not changing its tough position on Nepal, King Gyanendra has sent his emissary to New Delhi to clear the logjam in bilateral relations.

Field Marshal Meen Bahadur Rana is expected to meet officials in the ministries of external affairs and home as part of Kathmandu's efforts to persuade India to soften its stand, sources said.

Chairman of Nepal's State Council Parashu Narayan Chaudhary is also in Delhi. Although the visit is being dubbed a private affair, it is expected that he may meet some officials in the government.

The visits come barely four days after India's Ambassador to Nepal Shiv Shankar Mukherjee returned to Kathmandu after holding "consultations" with the government.

India has maintained that its policy on Nepal remained unchanged despite the release of some political prisoners by King Gyanendra's government.

New Delhi maintains that nothing short of complete restoration of democratic processes in the Himalayan Kingdom
will be acceptable to it.

India has also indicated to the King that it will not bail out his government during the upcoming meeting of UN Rights
Commission in Geneva.

Earlier report:
Seven Nepal leaders freed