Kathmandu, June 29 -- Faced with mounting criticism from both within the ruling Nepal Communist Party and outside, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has turned to a tried-and-tested formula of his, pointing to nebulous plots being hatched in New Delhi and Kathmandu to unseat him.

"Plots are being hatched to topple me for releasing the country's new map and getting it adopted through Parliament," Oli said on Sunday while addressing an event organised by the Madan Bhandari Foundation at Baluwatar to commemorate the leader's 69th birth anniversary.

"Given the ongoing intellectual discussions, media reports from New Delhi, [Indian] embassy's activities, and meetings at different hotels in Kathmandu, it is not very difficult to understand how peo...