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THIRUPATHI BODAPATLA

Bodapatla Thirupathi Kurma (born 09 July 1979), commonly known as BPT, is an Indian politician. He is state youth Co-ordinator of Telangana state kurma's association. He is also the working Vice-president of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi Siddipet district.

He is the son of Achaiah and yellavva, his father is a farmer and shepherd.He is married to Sujatha. The couple has two children – sons Sai vipul and Shiva prapul.

He was an active member of Telangana movements at the time of separation of Telangana state. After the separation of Telangana state he left the politics for some reasons and after few years in 2018. He again entered into politics by contesting as in panchayat election Under the party trs. By the activeness in brs party and support of MLA rasamayi balakishan he became vice President of brs party siddipet district.

He is the follower of kcr and active leader in brs party. He is from manakondur constituency.Under the leadership of MLA rasamayi balakishan

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Udhayanidhi Stalin as Deputy Chief Minister: The path taken…

Before the 2019 parliamentary elections, Udhayanidhi effectively conducted the panchayat council meetings in many districts led by the association president M.K.Stalin. In the subsequent parliamentary elections, he campaigned vigorously for DMK and alliance party candidates across Tamil Nadu. Udhayanidhi’s campaign played a significant role in the DMK coalition candidates winning 39…

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Naveen or Champalal will be Congress's candidate: Party is churning in two names regarding Amarwada assembly by -election, will be announced soon

Congress may soon announce the name regarding Amarwada Assembly by -election, it is being told that the party is considering the name of two district panchayat members in which Naveen Markam of Chhindi region or Champal Kurche, President of Block Congress Committee Amarwada, Champalal Kurche CA Let me tell you that Champalal Kurche is also considered the district panchayat member and the most…

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Five steps of Wikipedia for Friday, 5th April 2024

Welcome, bienvenue, tervetuloa, karibu 🤗 Five steps of Wikipedia from "Veyyalore Town Panchayat" to "1946 Indian provincial elections". 🪜👣

Start page 👣🏁: Veyyalore Town Panchayat "Veyyalore Town Panchayat (Veyyalore Gram Panchayat), is located in Keerapalayam district in Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu. This panchayat falls under Bhuvanagiri Assembly constituency and Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency. This panchayat has a total of 7 panchayat constituencies. 7 Panchayat..."

Step 1️⃣ 👣: Chidambaram Lok Sabha constituency "Chidambaram is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 27 of 39. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. It spread on district of Ariyalur and Cuddalore...."

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Step 2️⃣ 👣: 1977 Indian general election "General elections were held in India between 16 and 20 March 1977 to elect the members of the sixth Lok Sabha. The elections took place during the Emergency period, which expired on 21 March 1977, shortly before the final results were announced.The elections resulted in a heavy defeat for the Indian..."

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Step 3️⃣ 👣: 1937 Indian provincial elections "Provincial elections were held in British India in the winter of 1936-37 as mandated by the Government of India Act 1935. Elections were held in eleven provinces - Madras, Central Provinces, Bihar, Orissa, the United Provinces, the Bombay Presidency, Assam, the North-West Frontier Province, Bengal,..."

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Step 4️⃣ 👣: 1930 Indian general election "General elections were held in British India in September 1930. They were boycotted by the Indian National Congress and marked by public apathy. The newly elected Central Legislative Assembly met for the first time on 14 January 1931...."

Step 5️⃣ 👣: 1946 Indian provincial elections "Provincial elections were held in British India in January 1946 to elect members of the legislative councils of the Indian provinces. The consummation of British rule in India were the 1945/1946 elections. As minor political parties were eliminated, the political scene became restricted to the..."

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800 Congress Workers now under the BJP Flag

With the elections so near, India has transformed into a fierce battlefield. And the armies are the various Indian Political Parties.

A big lot twist has come to happen in the chapter on Gujarat.

On the 1st of April, the world was celebrating April Fool's Day. And Poonamben Maadam, Jamnagar BJP candidate, was turning the tides for the Jamnagar elections.

About 800 Congress party members and workers broke away from the political party and joined the BJP. Poonamben Maadam, BJP Candidate, State Cabinet Minister, Mulu Bera and District BJP President, Mayur Gadhvi saw the ceremony.

The event is now being seen as a demonstration of the BJP's power over its native land of Gujarat. The state has always been improved under the rule of the Bhartiya Janta Party, so this was to be expected. But the sheer number of workers changing their affiliation was unexpected.

The leaders who switched over include

Dwarka district Congress General Secretary,

District Panchayat member Ebha Karmur,

Opposition Leader and Taluka Panchayat member Yogesh Nandania,

Taluka Panchayat members Laxman Chavda, Malsi Dahiya,

Dwarka Congress OBC Cell President Kishan Bhatia,

Dwarka district Youth Congress President Savan Karmur,

APMC director of Khambhaliya Babu Gojia, and 14 Sarpanches.

This is a major move by Poonamben Maadam, who welcomed the leaders to the BJP side at a meeting in Khambhaliya alongside two others. This is another move by the Jamnagar MP towards a definitive win in the coming elections. The Bhartiya Janta Party has these elections in the bag.

'Expect the unexpected' seems to be coming true with Poonamben Maadam.

Source: News18

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Apni Party demands the holding of party-based elections for Panchayats and ULBs

Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari asks party cadres to gear up for the upcoming elections

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Srinagar, May 18: Apni Party on Thursday demanded the holding of upcoming Panchayat and ULB polls on party-bases.

The demand came to the fore after the party passed a resolution seeking party-based election for the proposed Panchayat and ULB polls. The resolution, presented by the party's State Secretary Muntazir Mohiuddin and supported by Provincial President Mohammad Ashraf Mir, received unanimous approval.

Besides senior leaders, the meeting held at the party headquarters in Srinagar, was attended by all the zonal leaders and senior workers from the Srinagar district, a press release said.

On this occasion, the party president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari asked the party leaders and grassroots cadres to prepare themselves for the forthcoming Urban Local Bodies (ULB) and Panchayat polls and assured them that with the significant public support received by the Apni Party, it will emerge as the primary victor in the electoral contest.

According to the press release, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari, while addressing the meeting, said that, unlike the traditional political parties, Apni Party would refrain from engaging in political gimmicks and the politics of false promises, instead it would promise to implement its robust developmental agenda.

He said, "As we know, it has become a common practise for traditional political parties to allure their voters through deceptive promises and emotional slogans. However, we firmly believe in upholding the trust of our people, so we will never mislead them. Instead, we will guarantee our voters that we will implement our development agenda if we are mandated to serve them."

Urging party leaders and grassroots cadres to gear up for the upcoming ULB and Panchayat polls, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari said, "It is of utmost importance for you to stay connected with the masses in your respective constituencies. By doing so, you can raise awareness among the voters regarding our party's vision and objectives."

He further said, "Besides making people aware of our agenda and policies, we also must make them aware of the deceptive politics of the traditional political parties, who have always misled the people through deceptive political narratives that eventually brought miseries to the people over the course of the past several decades."

"Their misleading political narratives and emotional slogans have landed thousands of youths either in jails or in graveyards, especially during the past three decades. Therefore, it becomes our responsibility to remind people of the false promises made by these parties. The hollow rhetoric and deceptive promises such as guaranteeing a "plebiscite," "autonomy," "self-rule," and other similar pledges have resulted in the incarceration or loss of thousands of young lives during all these years. Apni Party will not allow this political gimcrackery to continue any further because the J&K people cannot bear the burden of further bloodshed, destruction, and loss of life. It is imperative that we prevent any more suffering in this region." He added.

The prominent leaders who were present on the occasion included Mohammad Ashraf Mir, Junaid Azim Mattu, Muntazir Mohiuddin, Noor Mohammad Sheikh, Haji Parvez, Jagmohan Raina, Dilshada Shaheen, Bilal Bhat, Khalid Rathore, Muzaffar Hussain Reshi, Ashraf Palpori, Tanveer Pathan, Shoaib Dar, Aijaz Rather, Mohammad Ashraf Dar, Jeelani Kumar, Mohsin Zaffar Shah, Mohammad Shafi Mir, Ali Mohammad Rather, Mohammad Shaban Chopan, Shabir Ahmad Reshi, Kaisar Ganai, Aijaz Ahmad Khan, and others.

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Yogi magic fails in Meerut-Saharanpur as BJP loses 64 of 90 municipal seats

The poll result has become a major concern for the BJP as the data showed that Yogi Adityanath’s magic did not work in the rural and semi-urban areas.

In the recent UP civic polls, the BJP may have been able to win all the 17 Nagar Nigam seats and logged a landslide victory but the numbers in the western part of the state, especially in Meerut, Ghaziabad and Saharanpur divisions, did not signify the impact of the Yogi wave at the Nagar Palika and the Nagar Panchayat levels.

This has become a major concern for the party as the data showed that Yogi Adityanath’s magic did not work in the rural and semi-urban areas.

In the Meerut-Saharanpur division, except for the mayor’s seat, the BJP’s magic did not work. The saffron party lost 64 of the 90 seats in the municipality and the panchayat presidentships in both the mandals. The BJP candidates could win only on 26 seats and independent candidates have worked their magic in cities like Baghpat, Muzaffarnagar, and Ghaziabad. Importantly, these are the districts where the BJP was reduced to just one seat each.

In both the mandals, the BJP got the maximum number of seats in the municipal bodies from Bulandshahr. Of this, nine chairmen are from the BJP. Even though the BJP’s campaign revolved around the impact of Yogi Adityanath’s governance and benefits of flagship schemes, it could not transcend into votes in these divisions.

Talking about leaders, General VK Singh (Retd.) is an MP from Ghaziabad. Sanjeev Balyan is a Union minister from Muzaffarnagar. Apart from these, Narendra Kashyap from Ghaziabad, Somendra Tomar and Dinesh Khatik from Meerut, Kunwar Brijesh Singh from Deoband, KP Malik from Baghpat, Jaswant Saini from Saharanpur are also state ministers. Also, there is one Rajya Sabha MP each in Ghaziabad-Noida and two in Meerut. But this could not get the numbers in their favour.

Similarly, the BJP’s state organization general secretary Dharampal is from the Bijnor district. State vice president of BJP Mohit Beniwal Shamli, state ministers Dr Chandramohan and Amit Valmiki are from Bulandshahr, state minister Basant Tyagi is from Ghaziabad. The exercise to deploy ministers on ground could not work for the BJP.

As the reason for BJP’s defeat has been said to be about the ticket claimants damaging approach, there was a huge uproar in the party over the distribution. There were open allegations of money exchanging hands in the distribution of tickets. In Bulandshahr, the BJP gave tickets on two seats to candidates who joined the party just a year back. The old workers, who did not get the chairman’s ticket, contested the elections as rebels and got the votes.

On the other hand, in Noida’s Jewar seat, a candidate who joined BJP a few days before the election was given a ticket. The BJP cadre turned revolted and the result was that the candidate finished at the fourth spot. The BJP also lost Loni, Khoda and Muradnagar seats in Ghaziabad due to infighting. The candidates who did not get a ticket fought against the party as independents, creating a triangular fight.

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Click to read Atrocities against Dalit female panchayat president in Madurai district

A 37-year-old Dalit panchayat president in the Madurai district says she is constantly humiliated by people of a dominant caste. Lately, she has been receiving threats on her cell phone from unknown numbers, after which she has sought protection from the state government. Vidya, who was elected president of Pazhayur panchayat in Peraiyur block in Madurai district, told The Hindu on Thursday:…

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Telugu Desam Party - Manifesto for the people of AP

Telugu Desam Party is a familiar name known to every household in both the Telugu speaking states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The Telugu Desam party treats each and everyone equally and is constantly concerned with the progress and development of Telugu people. The TDP Party is well dispersed throughout the districts of Telangana and primarily focused in Andhra Pradesh.

The TDP party worked with the motive of growth and development to everyone in the state without any favouritism to any caste, community or religion. Everyone in the state can learn about the progress and development done by the TDP government under the rule of Shri. Nara Chandrababu Naidu in the state of Andhra pradesh by reading the TDP political news in the official website.

The TDP government with N. Chandrababu Naidu as its Chief Minister constantly worked to provide the people of Andhra Pradesh with great schemes and Top TDP policies that are delivered with great respect and affection towards the progress of the people in AP. You can find more Latest news about TDP and all the  initiatives and establishments in the state if you look up the official website.

The main goal of the Telugu Desam party is to create a wealthy society that is always progressing. N. Chandrababu Naidu and other TDP leaders have abundant Gratitude towards the public of Andhra Pradesh for having faith in them by encouraging, and enabling the party to gain numerous TDP achievements. 

Manifesto of TDP: 

Telugu Desam Party issued a five-point platform for the panchayat elections:

A Manifesto for the state's panchayat elections has been announced by Nara Chandrababu Naidu, national president of the TDP party and the former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.

This manifesto for the state's panchayat elections in which N.Chandrababu Naidu, a former chief minister and current party national president, highlighted the name of Palle Pragathi-Pancha Sutras with the aim of providing good governance to the people. He claimed that the purpose of these Pancha Sutras was to improve village governance. He urged the youth to speak up and also promised to work for the villages' development and welfare of the people. This is said to be TDP Contribution for the people of AP.

The following is a five-point election Manifesto:

1) Safe freshwater with no-cost taps

2) Making sure of safety.

3) Protecting public property and preventing attacks on temples.

4) Steer clear of the metres for farm motors.

5) Providing civic services and lowering property taxes; establishing ideal villages with hygienic conditions.

Telugu Desam membership has been a long-standing rite that gives party members a sense of privilege and ties them to the organisation's goals. For the first time ever in the nation, N. Chandrababu Naidu took things a step further by introducing a slew of benefits for members, including Rs. 2 Lakh in insurance coverage (both death and accident), discounts in hospitals located all throughout the two states and in nearby states, a bus fare reduction, and others. 

To minimise manual errors, it is using technology to record data of the party members.  You should visit our official website to learn about the latest TDP news and Latest political news. On our website, you may find the most recent news and current events that will keep you informed about the Telugu Desam Party.

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Zila Panchayat Adhyaksh Chunav: Akhilesh blame Yogi govt for misusing its power

Zila Panchayat Adhyaksh Chunav: Akhilesh blame Yogi govt for misusing its power

Lucknow: Along with preparations for Zila Panchayat Adhyaksh Chunav, (District Panchayat president elections) Samajwadi Party is constantly accusing the ruling party of misusing its power. Samajwadi Party chief and former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has accused the BJP government of misusing power in the district panchayat elections. Read This: Akhilesh Yadav master plan for 2022 election,…

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मुजफ्फरनगर : जीत के जश्न के बीच छलका बीजेपी के मंत्री संजीव बालियान का दर्द

मुजफ्फरनगर : जीत के जश्न के बीच छलका बीजेपी के मंत्री संजीव बालियान का दर्द

मुजफ्फरनगर में बीजेपी के वीरपाल निर्वाल जिला पंचायत अध्यक्ष चुने गए, जबकि बीजेपी के मंत्री संजीव बालियान के भाई और निर्दलीय प्रत्याशी सत्येंद्र बालियान चुनाव हार गए. बीजेपी के जश्न में शामिल बालियान ने कहा कि कुछ लोगों ने परिवार को तोड़ने का काम किया. Source link

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How BJP won in the semi-finals of UP elections, know what was the strategy, on which plan did the work

How BJP won in the semi-finals of UP elections, know what was the strategy, on which plan did the work

The credit for the unprecedented and historic victory in the district panchayat president election goes to the hard work and better management of the BJP organization for a whole year. The seriousness with which the party took this election for the first time, the results are encouraging to the party leadership. The BJP has emerged as the largest party in the Panchayats by systematically training…

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सपा जिलाध्यक्ष की बेटी और पुत्रवधू को मिला समर्थन, भाजपा विद्रोहियों पर करेगी कार्रवाई

सपा जिलाध्यक्ष की बेटी और पुत्रवधू को मिला समर्थन, भाजपा विद्रोहियों पर करेगी कार्रवाई

बदायूं जिले में समाजवादी पार्टी ने शनिवार को जिला पंचायत सदस्य पद के प्रत्याशियों की पहली सूची जारी कर दी, जिसमें 24 प्रत्याशियों को समर्थन देने की घोषणा की गई है। 24 प्रत्याशियों में समाजवादी पार्टी के जिलाध्यक्ष प्रेमपाल सिंह यादव की बेटी और पुत्रवधू के भी नाम हैं, जो जिले भर में चर्चा का विषय बने हुए हैं। पंचायत चुनाव के नामांकन पत्र 7 अप्रैल से 8 अप्रैल तक होने थे। 9 और 10 अप्रैल को नामांकन…

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जिला पंचायतों के अध्यक्ष और उपाध्यक्ष का निर्वाचन 14 फरवरी को रायपुर.(Realtimes) प्रदेश में त्रिस्तरीय पंचायत आम निर्वाचन के बाद 14 फरवरी को सभी जिलों में जिला पंचायत के अध्यक्ष और उपाध्यक्ष का निर्वाचन होगा। राज्य शासन के पंचायत एवं ग्रामीण विकास विभाग द्वारा सभी कलेक्टरों को जिला पंचायत के अध्यक्ष व उपाध्यक्ष के निर्वाचन, निर्वाचन की अधिसूचना के प्रकाशन तथा प्रथम सम्मिलन आयोजित करने के लिए समय-स��रणी और दिशा-निर्देश जारी किए गए हैं।

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Anjali Patil who belongs to the Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi Party (VBA) has become the first transgender person to win the gram panchayat election in the Jalgaon district of Maharastra. The results of the election were declared on Monday and the 40-year-old Patil will be representing the Bhadli Budruk village in Jalgaon.

“I was dejected after my nomination was rejected by authorities as I had filed it from a seat reserved for women after other contestants objected to it. I had selected the other option in my nomination form to describe my gender. However, we moved Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court that allowed my candidature as women and now I have won the elections by a margin of 560 votes,”  quoted TOI.

Prakash Ambedkar, the president of VBA took to his Twitter account to congratulate Patil on her victory, he wrote, “Special appreciation and congratulations to Anjali Patil who was elected from Bhadali Gram Panchayat, Jalgaon. Inspired by Anjali, many transgenders will definitely join politics in the future.” He also appreciated Shameebha Patil for helping Anjali in her court battle.

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After the rise, rift reigns among the Communists. The Himalayan republic plunged into a political crisis after Prime Minister K.P. Oli, faced with intra-party challenges, got Parliament dissolved

The Communist Party of Nepal was officially established in 1949 in Calcutta with the active support of the Indian communists

After the Naxalite movement in Nepal, a set of radical leftists went on to set up the Communist Party of Nepal (ML) in 1978. During the same time, another group of Communists formed the Maoist Fourth Convention

In 2018, Oli’s UML and the Maoist faction, led by Prachanda, merged to form the Nepal Communist Party. The NCP is now headed towards a split after PM Oli dissolved Parliament

Srinivasan Ramani

The abrupt decision by Nepal Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli to get Parliament dissolved by the President Bidhya Devi Bhandari (a former party colleague of Mr. Oli) before its five-year term came as a jolt of surprise. The ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) enjoys a two-thirds majority in the House of Representatives of the federal Parliament and controls two-thirds or more seats in six of the seven provincial assemblies. This act of brinkmanship by Mr. Oli came about as a reaction to the internal strife within the NCP, which was formed in 2018 after the merger of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) — of which Mr. Oli was a prominent leader — and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist-Centre), led by Pushpa Kumar Dahal alias Prachanda.

Mr. Oli was under pressure from the faction led by Mr. Dahal to resign from his posts as chairman of the NCP and Prime Minister, ostensibly for his poor performance. With a majority of the nine-member secretariat siding with Mr. Dahal, Mr. Oli decided to recommend the dissolution of Parliament as a means to stall any change in leadership within the party. As things stand, the NCP is functioning as two separate factions. The Dahal-led faction has named senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal as co-chairman and expelled Mr. Oli from his post in the party. The Dahal-Nepal faction has also led street protests calling the decision to dissolve Parliament “unconstitutional” even as the Supreme Court is hearing the case.

While Mr. Oli and Mr. Dahal are the key leaders in their respective factions, the divisions are not on the lines of the former UML and Maoist parties. Mr. Dahal is supported by Mr. Nepal and Jhalanath Khanal, both former Prime Ministers, who had been senior leaders in the UML, while Mr. Oli, for now, retains the support of Ram Bahadur Thapa, currently the Minister for Home Affairs and a former Maoist leader.

Domino effect

The domino effect of Mr. Oli’s decision seems to be interminably pushing the NCP into a split. Even the Communist Party of China got into the act — the Vice-President of its International Department, Guo Yezhou, who had last visited Kathmandu before the unification of the two communist parties into the NCP, visited the country with a delegation to assess the post-dissolution scenario and to explore the possibility of keeping the NCP united. The Indian establishment, known in the past to have extensive parleys with various political forces in Nepal, chose to remain “hands-off” this time.

The intrigue in the NCP is not surprising. The communist movement in Nepal had undergone several splits and mergers in the past. The Communist Party of Nepal was officially established in 1949 in Calcutta and with the active support of the Indian communists. The party was banned from 1952 to 1956 during what was an interim democratic period, before general elections were held in 1959. The communists won only four out of the 109 seats in Parliament. Following the dissolution of the Nepali Congress government by King Mahendra in 1960, Nepal reverted to a “Panchayat system” under absolute monarchy and remained so until 1990. In this period, the communist movement underwent several splits into factions and parties.

In the aftermath of the Naxalite movement in Nepal, a set of radical leftists sought to bring about violent actions in the eastern district of Jhapa — Mr. Oli was one of those who were part of the “Jhapeli movement” and was later arrested for his role. The former members of the Jhapeli group went on to set up the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) in 1978. During the same time, another set of radical communists, inspired by Maoist ideology, formed the Fourth Convention group in 1974, and was led by Mohan Bikram Singh.

The CPN (ML) had emerged as the largest communist party in Nepal in 1990 and after having participated prominently in the first Jan Andolan — the movement that led to the institution of constitutional monarchy — it became the leading opposition party. The CPN (ML) had by now become the CPN (UML), after merging with the CPN-Marxist. The UML formed a minority government under Manmohan Adhikari in 1994 that lasted only nine months and later underwent another split, with senior leader Bamdev Gautam breaking away in 1998. Mr. Gautam is now part of the NCP and is aligned with Mr. Dahal.

The Maoist Fourth Convention also underwent splits — with one group termed CPN-Mashal led by Mr. Dahal and another, CPN-Masal, led by Baburam Bhattarai. Besides, the CPN-Fourth Congress had been led by Nirmal Lama till 1990. These parties came together and formed the CPN-Unity Centre whose political front, the United People’s Front Nepal (UPFN), was led by Mr. Bhattarai. Unlike the UML, which accepted parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy, the UPFN still retained a line striving for “people’s democracy” — electoral democracy leading to communist rule — and came up with a list of 40 demands that included a federal restructuring of Nepal and a secular state. They also issued an ultimatum that the party will initiate insurgency if the demands were not met. This led to the Maoist insurgency with Mr. Dahal at the helm. It lasted a decade before the Maoists joined hands with the parliamentary forces — the Nepali Congress, the UML and others to form an eight-party alliance that repudiated the monarchy. The Jan-Andolan of 2007 led to the formation of a newly elected Constituent Assembly (CA) and later the transition into a constitutional republic.

State restructuring

The post-CA polity underwent a clear demarcation on the question of state restructuring with the Nepali Congress and the UML firmly opposed to a federal republic that had provinces delineated on the basis of identity. The Maoists and Terai-based (Madhesi) parties were in favour of it. But in the second CA elections, following a protracted stalemate on this issue, the UML and the Congress emerged victorious with Mr. Oli coming out as a major voice of the status quo against ethnic federalism.

Mr. Oli managed to portray Madhesis’ struggle for ethnic determination as Indian interference and won power in 2017 by positioning himself as a nationalist and having aligned with Mr. Dahal’s Maoist faction that had significantly weakened in the 2010s (and had dropped its insistence on ethnic determination of federal boundaries). Mr. Oli, however, retained both the post of party chairman (shared with Mr. Dahal) and the premiership following the merger.

Unlike the major twists and turns in the communist movement in Nepal, which were driven by ideological positions of the leftists who were mostly in opposition, this split in the NCP seems to be driven more by a clash of egos and ambitions. The NCP has emerged over time as a major dispenser of patronage by controlling NGOs that receive international aid for development work. For leaders, being in power is key to maintaining their networks of support which explains the shifts in loyalty bereft of any ideological difference in the party that is now headed to a clear split.