Communist Party of Nepal
नेपाल कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी
ChairmanNetra Bikram Chand
SpokespersonKhadga Bahadur Bishwakarma
Founded2014
Split fromCPN–Maoist
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism–Maoism
Political positionFar-left
AllianceSamajbadi Morcha[1]
Website
thecpn.org

The Communist Party of Nepal is a political party in Nepal led by Netra Bikram Chand (Biplab). It was formed from a split in the Communist Party of Nepal (Revolutionary Maoist) in 2014.

History

Party leaders in front from left to right: Hemanta Prakash oli(Sudarshan); Khadga Bahadur Bishwakarma (Prakanda); Netra Bikram Chand (Biplav); and Dharmendra Bastola(Kanchan)

Echoing the 2012 split of Kiran's faction going by the name Communist Party of Nepal (Revolutionary Maoist), Netra Bikram Chand's faction split from it and claimed: "The Maoist revolt had grossly perverted by the time it arrived in Kathmandu from Rolpa. It is not possible to unite with the party that has strayed from the Maoist ideology."[2] Biplab's party has its core strength in the western parts of the country, especially the remote Far-Western Development Region, which gets regularly cut off from the rest of the nation due to monsoon and snowfall for months on end, and therefore is at particular risk for famines and malnutrition.

Border dispute protest

Despite support for anti-India efforts during the impasse, the Kathmandu's government and Chand's party have come to loggerheads as Biplab's party has been marginalized from media, additionally having no official parliamentary presence. The party cadres have been torching cell phones towers of Ncell knocking them out of service in Dang Deukhuri District.[3] in addition to shutting down commercial traffic. Four strikes (banda) have been enforced by the party since its foundation, as of June 2016.[4] The party had initially called a peaceful protest to mark opposition to the Lipulekh Pass, a bilateral India-China deal that did not include Nepal, over territory that Nepal claims is theirs, but was ignored.

References

  1. ↑ https://kathmandupost.com/politics/2023/06/19/socialist-front-comprising-four-leftist-parties-announced
  2. ↑ "UCPN (M) strayed from communist ideal: Chand | Top Stories". Ekantipur.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-17. Retrieved 2015-07-25.
  3. ↑ "Govt starts cracking down on Chand-led Maoist cadres". Kathmandu Post. 13 June 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  4. ↑ "Making their presence felt". Nepali Times. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
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