Netra Bikram Chand ( ne, नेत्र विक्रम चन्द Known by Biplav Si ( ne, विप्लव सी ) is a Nepalese Maoist politician and rebellion leader. He together with fellow Maoist leader Ram Bahadur Thapa (Badal), was the two main militia commanders of

Prachanda Pushpa Kamal Dahal ( ne, पुष्पकमल दाहाल; born 11 December 1954), also widely known by his nom de guerre Prachanda (, ; meaning "fierce"), is a Nepalese politician serving as the current Prime Minister of Nepal. He pr ...

in the

Nepalese Civil War The Nepalese Civil War was a protracted armed conflict that took place in the former Kingdom of Nepal from 1996 to 2006. It saw fighting between the Nepalese royal government and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) throughout the country ...

(1996-2006). He separated from

CPN Maoist The Communist Party of Nepal (Revolutionary Maoist) ( ne, नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (क्रान्तिकारी माओवादी)), abbreviated CPN (RM), is a communist party in Nepal. It w ...

and became the chairperson of

Communist Party of Nepal The Communist Party of Nepal ( ne, नेपाल कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी), abbreviated CPN, was a communist party in Nepal from 1949 to 1962. It was founded on 15 September 1949 to struggle against the autocratic Rana ...

in 2014. He waged an armed struggle against the government until 2020 when a peace deal was signed. In 2017, he led the boycott of the

2017 Nepalese legislative election General elections were held in Nepal in two phases on 26 November and 7 December 2017 to elect the 275 members of the fifth House of Representatives, the lower house of the Federal Parliament of Nepal. The election was held alongside the first p ...

. In February 2018, the Biplav led faction cancelled the tour of Bollywood actor

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by quoting it as "expansion of cultural intervention on Nepali soil". In February 2019, Biplav led the bombings of

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at Nakhu. On 28th Falgun 2075, the

government of Nepal The Government of Nepal ( ne, नेपाल सरकार) is the federal executive authority of Nepal. Prior to the abolition of the Nepali monarchy in 2006 (became republic in 2008), it was officially known as His Majesty's Government. T ...

(Council of Ministers) declared the Biplav faction as "criminal and destructive faction" and all the members and anyone helping the faction as illegal and punishable. Nepali Times considers Biplav as similar to

in the Nepalese civil war Government of Nepal has been actively engaged against the activities of Biplav. Writer Kunda Dixit argues that Biplav could gain the public support if the government continues human rights abuses on the faction of Biplav. Biplav was removed as General Secretary and expelled from the CPN on May 4 2021 for breach of party discipline, and for supporting engagement in elections, which the CPN Central Committee saw as revisionism.

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