Maoist leader Prachanda rejects result in Nepal after losing election

After losing this week’s national election, Pushpa Kamal Dahal aka Prachanda, the chief of Nepal’s Maoist party has rejected the result and threatened to boycott parliament if vote counting not stopped immediately.

Terming the election a “rigged”, Prachanda said he accepted the “people’s verdict but cannot accept conspiracy and poll-rigging”.

“We have clearly demanded that there should be a probe of all election processes before the next step,” Prachanda said.

“If the election commission does not immediately stop counting we will completely boycott the entire election process. We will boycott the Constituent Assembly,” he added.

The Election Commission, however, has rejected Prachanda’s accusation and demand. Despite some irregular violence, the turnout in Tuesday’s election was 70% and was mostly peaceful.

“The international observers, the domestic observers and all the major parties say it was surprisingly good and fair and already proven to be [a] safe election,” former US President Jimmy Carter, a foreign observant told the AFP news agency.

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