KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Maoist leader, who swapped arms for politics when his “people’s war” ended in 2006, threw the country’s elections into doubt on Thursday by claiming the poll was rigged following big losses for his party.

Pushpa Kamal Dahal, better known as Prachanda, demanded a halt to vote-counting after losing his own seat on Tuesday’s elections aimed at installing a constituent assembly and ending years of political instability.

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