Here is the Story............. Kantipur Report BUTWAL, Sept 6 - Maoist leader Dr Baburam Bhattarai has claimed that his party has found "evidence" to show that the royal palace was behind Sunday's serial bomb blasts in the capital. "The palace is planning a coup by holding the Maoists responsible for the chaos it is unleashing," Dr Bhattarai said at a function here on Thursday, "We have already collected evidence, which we will make public within the next few days." The Maoist second-in-command further claimed that the royalists had carried out the explosions to thwart the establishment of a republic and to take the army out of the barracks to stage a coup. He also alleged that the Nepal Army was accusing the Maoists of carrying out the explosions. "As the army still favours the royal palace, it has made the allegation only to cover up the palace's conspiracy," he said. "The allegation is completely false." He also urged all political parties to become serious about the 22 prerequisites cited by the Maoists to stop conspiracies hatched by the royalists and to overthrow the institution of monarchy. "The Maoists will be compelled to take to the streets if the parliamentary parties do not agree to declare a republic through the interim parliament," he said, adding that their agitation could also be directed against the parliamentary parties "if they do not give up the tendency to retain the monarchy in one form or the other." The royal palace has already refuted reports in some newspapers that linked Crown Prince Paras to the serial blasts. Issuing a statement on Wednesday, the royal palace press secretariat said the news reports were false and published with the ill intention to defame the palace and the crown prince. Similarly, the Nepal Army, too, has condemned the media reports, which tried to "link the army to Sunday’s blasts". Terming the news reports a "well-planned and false propaganda" carried out by some media organizations, the NA has appealed to the people to be alert against "this kind of conspiracy, and against the elements, who want to impose their atrocious and extremist ideology."