Kathmandu: In a startling revelation, Nepal Maoist chief Prachanda has disclosed that ISI had offered help to his outfit through "direct or indirect" means.
The offer had been turned down by him because it would not be in the interest of Nepal or its people, Prachanda said at the airport in Kathmandu on Sunday night on his return from New Delhi.
He did not indicate the nature of the "help" that ISI was willing to offer but his statement confirms the belief in India that the Pakistani intelligence agency is active in Nepal and some other neighbouring countries.
Prachanda, who during his stay in Delhi met former prime ministers I K Gujral and V P Singh and other prominent leaders, said he held extensive talks with Indian politicians and intellectuals and found that they had adequate knowledge about the people's movement in Nepal, and were in favour of the peace process in the Himalayan country.
He said that Indian leaders were mainly focused on making the peace talks in his country successful.
"I found the Indian leadership very positive towards Nepal's peace process and democracy and they would accept any verdict the Nepalese would deliver through the constituent assembly polls on the future of monarchy," Prachanda said.
He claimed that the visit succeeded in overcoming the confusion about the Maoists and the motive of the insurgency, the party waged in 1996.
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