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Kantipur Report
KATHMANDU, Feb 5 - Home Minister Kamal Thapa has accused "some media houses" of being operated by foreign "remote control".
Speaking at Bahas, a talk show program of Kantipur Television, Thapa also claimed that "some media houses, which want instability in the country, and the remote controller" will be exposed in due course. However, he declined to reveal the names of the newspapers.

Thapa also alleged the seven-party alliance of being guided from "some quarters." "They (the parties) are directed by those who have been supporting them financially," Thapa claimed.

Claiming that the agitating parties were spending hundreds of millions of rupees during their demonstrations, Minister Thapa questioned, "Where does the money come from? Do the people give it to them?"

When asked if the foreigners were backing (financially) the parties, he claimed, "It was an issue for investigation."

Terming the seven-party alliance a supporter of the Maoists, Thapa alleged that the parties have terrorized candidates of the municipal polls, their family members and voters.