"Throwing shoes at the ambassadors is not our party policy," said Bhattarai while speaking at a tea party held in Banepa. [break]
Bhattarai was referring to the recent episode of shoe-throwing at Indian ambassador Rakesh Sood by the Maoists in Solukhumbu district recently.
He said that Nepal has come under foreign domination since the Sugauli treaty and argued that his party´s policy is to oppose the treaty diplomatically.
"The neighboring country should not block the newsprint even if it is not happy with any newspaper, advocate the interest of particular business house, threaten parliamentarians and issue press statements unnecessarily," he said indicating at India.
During the function, Dr Bhattarai also called on the NC to withdraw its candidacy from the ongoing prime ministerial race and seek solutions through consensus.
"The NC says it would withdraw the candidacy only after forging an agreement. But NC should first withdraw the candidacy and that will pave the way for consensus," he said.
The Maoist leader argued that there is no option to national consensus and the political parties should sit together for it.
"The reactionaries are for wasting time under the pretext of prime ministerial election. If this continues, the constitution may not be drafted in within the next eight months," he said.
According to Bhattarai, foreign interference has increased in Nepal due to growing differences among the political parties.
Bhattarai warned that the peace process would be derailed and the country will slide into another conflict if the integration and rehabilitation of the Maoist combatants is not completed before the UNMIN packs up.
"The next war would not be like that fought during the Maoist insurgency. It would be regional, ethnic and it would be backed by monarchists in which tens of thousands of people might be killed," he said. Such a war would turn Nepal into another Afganistan or Cambodia. If foreign powers intervene, it would be more dangerous," he said.
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