Prachanda wants to declare republic Maoist chairman Prachanda has said that the parties should declare republic right away as conspiracies are being hatched against the Constituent Assembly (CA) elections. Addressing a mass gathering in Biratnagar on Sunday, Prachanda said "royalists and foreign forces were trying to upset CA polls by creating anarchy." He also accused that some elements were trying to disintegrate the country by raising issues of ethnic communities and communal feelings. At the same program, Maoist leader Dr. Baburam Bhattarai said that the pro-King elements were trying to create problems under different pretexts. He said the King's property should be seized and used to set up national industries. Another Maoist leader Matrika Yadav accused that the Madhesi Janadhikar Forum (MJF) – which led the recent unrest in Terai – was trying to hand over the power to the King in the name of Madhesi movement. nepalnews.com sd Feb 19 07