In Nepal, ahead of Sunday's sixth round of voting to elect a new Prime Minister, the opposition, Unified CPN(Maoist) have landed in a controversy. A leaked audio tape telecast by a Nepal television channel, alleged that the party sought the help of 500 million Nepalese rupees from China, to influence lawmakers to vote for party Chairman, Prachanda. In a telephonic conversation, the person alleged to be Maoist Foreign Affairs Chief, Krishna Kumar Mahara is purportedly heard asking a Chinese official for 500 million Nepalese rupees to influence 50 lawmakers to vote for the Maoist Chairman Prachanda in the Sunday's voting to choose a new Prime Minister. But, Mahara described the audio tape as totally fabricated and misleading.