Kathmandu: After a decade-long conflict, Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpakamal Dahal 'Prachanda' announced on Friday that he was inspired by Lord Buddha to choose the peaceful way he had given.
Prachanda, speaking at a Buddha Purnima celebration in Lumbini, the site of Gautam Buddha's birth, compared himself to King Ashoka of the Maurya Empire, who converted to Buddhism and renounced violence.