Trump accuses Republican leaders of conspiracy

Republican Party’s Donald Trump has said the party’s leaders do not want him to win the presidential nomination.

The system is “stacked against me,” he said at a town hall event in New York, and accused the Republican National Committee of conspiring to stop him.

His comments came after his rival, Ted Cruz, was awarded all the delegates in Colorado without a state-wide vote.

Mr. Trump leads the race but may fall short of getting enough delegates to get the nomination outright.

That would lead to a contested convention in July, where delegates are free after the first ballot to back whom they want, opening the door for Texas Senator Mr. Cruz or even the third candidate in the race, John Kasich.

That would lead to a contested convention in July, where delegates are free after the first ballot to back whom they want, opening the door for Texas Senator Mr. Cruz or even the third candidate in the race, John Kasich.

The Washington Post yesterday that Mr. Cruz is likely to win on a second vote, because he has persuaded so many delegates to vote for him when they are “unbound” to vote as pledged.

But Republican National Committee chairman, Reince Priebus, rejected Mr. Trump’s charge that the rules in states like Colorado were changed in response to his rise in the polls.

Mr. Priebus tweeted that the nomination process was well known for more than a year.

“It’s the responsibility of the campaigns to understand it. Complaints now? Give us all a break.”

Asked at the town hall whether the RNC wanted him to win, Mr. Trump said: “No, I don’t think so. I really don’t.”

He has been criticised for not campaigning hard enough on the ground in states like Colorado.

But Mr. Trump said delegates who wanted to support him were pushed out by the RNC.

“They don’t like when I put up my own money because it means they don’t have any control of me because I’m working for the people,” he said.

Most states have opted to hold state-wide primaries or caucuses to determine the number of delegates pledged to a particular candidate.