Maoist chairman Prachanda has said that thousands of grenades remain outside cantonments.

Maoist chairman Prachanda (file photo)

Maoist
chairman
Prachanda
(File photo)
“I had said thousands of grenades remained outside but it was reported by media later that thousands of weapons were outside. That has only created confusion,” he told reporters on Wednesday in Kathmandu after addressing a conference of All Nepal Revolutionary Journalists Association.

On the issue of his allegations of royalists’ plot, Prachanda said they were still collecting evidence and would make them public soon.

Earlier, talking to reporters, American ambassador James Moriarty said he was still waiting for evidence from Prachanda over the latter’s allegations of royalists’ plot to kill Americans. Either he should provide evidence soon or he should retract the statement like he did about the weapons, Moriarty said.

Meanwhile, addressing the conference, Prachanda said the unity of eight political parties should remain intact at least till the establishment of a federal democratic republic. He also alleged that the palace was active in attempts to foil the constituent assembly elections.

He also told the Maoist affiliated journalists that they should fight against imperialist domination and foreign investment in media.

Prachanda told the assembly that earlier in the day he had met with the representatives of the Carter Foundation who are currently in Nepal to monitor the proposed elections. But, he did not go into details about what was discussed in the meeting.