Called the Nepal Defence Army, the group is headed by a former policeman who says he joined the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist as a schoolboy but has now begun waging war on his former comrades.

The ex-cop, who today calls himself 'Parivartan' (change), claims his band has nearly 1,200 trained soldiers who possess arms and have the expertise to manufacture explosives.

Earlier this year, the Nepal Defence Army made its debut with a couple of blasts, including at the well-guarded office of the Maoists in Kathmandu.

On Wednesday, a Nepali tabloid carried an extensive interview with the shadowy leader, saying he had walked into the tabloid's city office to talk about his organisation.

"Nepal Defence Army has been founded to fight for Hinduism," Parivartan told Nepali weekly Ghanata R Bichar. "Hindus worldwide support us, including the families of top Maoist leaders. Our soldiers are being trained across the border in India and we get the ingredients for manufacturing explosives from India."

However, the new revolutionary said his group had no links with King Gyanendra.

"We are not funded by the palace," he said. "If the palace had tried to promote Hinduism and Nepal as a Hindu state, we wouldn't have to wage our war. We don't dabble in politics. Our sole aim is to form a Hindu state."

Parivartan told the weekly that his party didn't want bloodshed. "The bombs we threw at the Maoist office were intended as a warning and not to kill," he said. "I stopped plans to assassinate Maoist chief Prachanda and Maoist minister Dev Gurung.

"But if the warning is not taken seriously, the eight-party ruling alliance can suffer serious losses."

The shadowy leader held Maoists as their main enemy.

"During their 10-year war, the Maoists destroyed and desecrated temples and attacked priests," he said. "But they never destroyed any church or mosque."

However, he added that Maoists' families still remained devout Hindus. "During the civil war, Prachanda's mother would wake up early in the morning and offer water to the sun god to pray for her son's safety," he said. "It shows they are Hindus and would support Hinduism."

Parivartan ended with a dire warning.

"The Maoists had also begun in a small way," he said. "We learnt how to make bombs from Prachanda's teachings.

"Now, like the Al-Qaeda, we are training suicide squads.

"We have trained five suicide bombers who can go anywhere, including Singh Durbar (the heart of administration in Nepal, where the prime minister's office, key ministries and parliament are located.)"

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This is old news and interview. I had read the interview of that guy. He talked "big" things. But I don't think he has that ability without the help of Royalists, and support from Indian extremist Hindus.

माओबादी ले हिंदू बिरुद्ध हतियार उठाउना हुन्छ भने हिंदू ले पनी उठौना किन नहुने र भन्ने बिचार कतिको जायज होला? रेसिस्तांस इज पीपुल'स राइट' भनेको त प्रचंड ले नै हो नि हैन? 

माओबादीले हिन्दु बिरुध्ध हतियार उठाए भन्ने नै सत्य होइन। उनिहरुको कथित जनयुध्ध को क्रममा कतिपय मन्दिरहरुमा क्षति पुर्याउने, मानिसहरुको धार्मिक आस्थामाथी भौतिक र भावनात्मक रुपमा पनि आक्रमण गरेकै हुन। तर उनिहरुले गरेका अन्य ज्यदति मध्य यो पनि एक् थियो। यसकै आधारमा हिन्दु बिरुध्ध हतियार उठाएको भन्न मिल्दैन।

दोश्रो-जन आन्दोलनपछि नेपाल धर्म निरपेक्ष भए पछिको आक्रोस हो भने अर्कै कुरा हो। गणतन्त्र घोषणाको बिरोध हो भने अर्कै कुरा हो। यसको बारेमा छुट्टै बहस गर्न सकिन्छ। फेरी सातै पार्टीको सहमतिमा भएको निर्णय भएको हुनाले कम्युनिस्टहरु बिरुध्ध भन्ने तर्कको कुनै तुक छैन।

माओबदीको शसस्त्र सङर्शको हामीले बिरोध गरेकै हो। एुटाले हतियार चलाउदा ठिक र अर्कोले चलाउदा बेठिक त हुदैन त। यदी कसैलाई हिन्दु राष्ट्र बनाउन मन छ भने-जनताको मन जितेर शान्तिपुर्ण आन्दोलन गर्न सक्छन।

हीजोक दीन्मा माओवादी ले पनि दरबार र भारत्को सहयोग पाएकै हुन। अहिले हिदु अतिबादीले पाएमा अचम्म मानु पर्दैन र नाजयज पनि हैन। तर एउटा कुरा सबैले के बुझ्नु पर्‍यो भने नेपाल देस kunai   जात, धर्म बिशेषको प्याओ हैन। हीजो माओवादीले हिन्दूलाई आक्रमण गर्नु भनेको minority मा रहेक अरु धर्मलम्बी हरुको साथ पाउन हो। र बहुन्बाद बिरुध्हको चर्को नरपनी केबल तेसैक लागि हो।
र, माओवादीको अक्र्मन्यत रहदै गयो र घटनाक्रम एसरिनै बिकासइत भयो भने anti-maoist सक्ती यस्तै कुनै नाम मा एक जुट हुनु कुनै अचम्म हुने छैन। अन्त्यमा, दरबार हतया कन्द ताक ज्ञानेन्द्रको dahud एम्ब्रहिम र अल्-कुएद सँगको सम्बन्ध पनि उठेको थियो।

la la narane thik bhannu bho yar!! sachhi babbaal sambandha haru po rahechan ta hau !!

FFFF#####uccckkkkkkkkkkkkkk nepal defense or lefense..............go back to indiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.........................assssholessssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.............this is nothing but the dhoti /indian assholesss next plan to agitate nepal's  peace process...........abt extrisemism or whtever.....hahahahahahahahha.....we'll ...........  FFFFF####UUCCKKKK 'em...FFFF#####cUUU dhoti...mofo..

Good Job Defence Army...maobaadi aatankakaaari haru laai sidhyaaaunu parchha...HIndu dharma pani jogaaunu parchha...since we have lot of maobaadi pidits in the defence army, go guys....Prachande ra maobaadi laai sakaaidyaawo....you don even need suicide bombs, tyastaa mulaa Prachande laaai sakaaunu parchha ani maobadi laai pani...yiniharulaai sakaayepachhi maatra desh maa shanti aauchha.....yiniharulaai sakaaye pachhi maatra desh le kaachuli ferchha, yastaa tatwa haru ko naash garau...I support you Defence Army..

....defense dhoti haru  RA maobadi khhaateee haru milera aaajjaa derai nepali marnu parchhha......nepal lai.dhoti le khelne tau banunu pachha........................................................"HOINA TA ...................LAAAMO JEEE..................ASSSHOLESssssssss....EXTRIMIST RE...... laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..........................do.