Stating that the Maoists would not be allowed to form government even if they secure majority votes in the elections, he said, “Everyone knows that the Maoist plan to forge a new coalition was about to materialize. It was the Indian government that foiled the plan.” [break]
Addressing a press meet in Palpa, Thapa said that it was not the royalists but the Indians who were determined to not allow the Maoists to head the government.
"It has become necessary to frustrate the alliance between India and the ruling parties. If there is any problem with the name, we can term it cultural monarchy or people´s monarchy," Thapa said. Thapa also accused India of betraying both the Maoists and the royalists.
Thapa claimed that India was attempting to take leadership of the national army in the absence of monarchy. "If the India succeeds in that mission, the existence of the country itself will be in crisis," he said. He recalled that the Maoists had good relations with the monarchy before they reached the 12-point understanding with then seven political parties.
He also claimed that the Maoists were for joining hands with the former king but the latter had rejected the idea. "Chairman [Pushpa Kamal] Dahal was for forging an alliance with the king while Baburamji was for joining hands with other political parties and India."
Implying that the former king´s move to reject the Maoist proposal was a serious mistake, he said the former king, India and the non-Maoist parties had never imagined that the Maoists would emerge as the largest party.
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