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Kathmandu:
Maoist supremo Prachanda has said his resignation as prime minister of Nepal was "a missile" fired against "foreign masters" and accused his opponents of trying to indulge in horse-trading at the behest of foreign power centres to forge a coalition government.
Prachanda, who quit after his move to sack Army Chief General Rukmangad Katawal was blocked by President Ram Baran Yadav, alleged at a function in Kathmandu on Saturday that "old parties" are trying to pay out "tens of millions of rupees" to gain a majority in the Constituent Assembly.
"I just heard from a leader of a party that tens of millions of rupees are being spent to buy CA members. The parties have started engaging in the same old game," he said adding, the parties were trying to "buy MPs" at the behest of foreign power centres.
Without naming any country, Prachanda said, "I fired a missile through my resignation against the foreign masters who want to keep this country in their grip.
"This will be a strong weapon against foreign intervention in our country's internal affairs," he said at the first national convention of 'Society of Families of Those Disappeared by the State'.
While announcing his resignation earlier this week, Prachanda had said, "I will quit the government rather than remain in power by bowing down to the foreign elements and reactionary forces."
His party was ready to maintain "cordial relations" with neighbouring countries but will "not accept any intervention," he had said in remarks seen as a veiled attack on India.
Addressing his first press conference after resigning as premier, he again fired a salvo against India, accusing it of "breaking the politics of consensus" in the country.
He has also termed parliamentary parties such as Nepali Congress and CPN-UML as agents of foreign reactionary forces.
During Saturday's address, Prachanda severely criticised "the foreign forces", the President and Nepal Army. He claimed that the Maoists' fight against the army chief was a part of their struggle to "maintain civilian supremacy".
Prachanda, who quit after his move to sack Army Chief General Rukmangad Katawal was blocked by President Ram Baran Yadav, alleged at a function in Kathmandu on Saturday that "old parties" are trying to pay out "tens of millions of rupees" to gain a majority in the Constituent Assembly.
"I just heard from a leader of a party that tens of millions of rupees are being spent to buy CA members. The parties have started engaging in the same old game," he said adding, the parties were trying to "buy MPs" at the behest of foreign power centres.
Without naming any country, Prachanda said, "I fired a missile through my resignation against the foreign masters who want to keep this country in their grip.
"This will be a strong weapon against foreign intervention in our country's internal affairs," he said at the first national convention of 'Society of Families of Those Disappeared by the State'.
While announcing his resignation earlier this week, Prachanda had said, "I will quit the government rather than remain in power by bowing down to the foreign elements and reactionary forces."
His party was ready to maintain "cordial relations" with neighbouring countries but will "not accept any intervention," he had said in remarks seen as a veiled attack on India.
Addressing his first press conference after resigning as premier, he again fired a salvo against India, accusing it of "breaking the politics of consensus" in the country.
He has also termed parliamentary parties such as Nepali Congress and CPN-UML as agents of foreign reactionary forces.
During Saturday's address, Prachanda severely criticised "the foreign forces", the President and Nepal Army. He claimed that the Maoists' fight against the army chief was a part of their struggle to "maintain civilian supremacy".
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