The Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre–Masal) (), abbreviated CPN (UC–M) was an underground communist party in

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.:: National Election Monitoring Alliance, Nepal
The CPN (UC–M) was formed in 2002 through the merger of

Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre) The Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre) was a communist party in Nepal. CPN (UC) was formed on 19–20 November 1990 through the merger of Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal), Communist Party of Nepal (Fourth Convention), Proletarian Workers ...

and Communist Party of Nepal (Masal).

History

The merger of the two parties was announced at a public meeting on April 22, 2002, by the general secretaries of the two parties, Ram Singh Shris of CPN (Masal) and Narayan Kaji Shrestha (Prakash) of CPN (UC). The founding general secretary of CPN (UC–M) was

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. The two electoral mass fronts of the two parties,

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and

Rastriya Janamorcha Rastriya Janamorcha () is a political party in Nepal. It was originally founded in 1995 as the legal front of Communist Party of Nepal (Masal). Former Deputy Prime Minister, Chitra Bahdur KC is the chairman of the party. It was re-founded aga ...

, merged to form

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. The Janamorcha Nepal joined the

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and took an active part in the 2006

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Splits and dissolution

After the end of the direct-rule by King Gyandendra in April 2006 the CPN (Unity Centre–Masal) was split into four. A minor faction broke away and formed the Communist Party of Nepal (2006), the party later merged into the

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broke away and formed a parallel CPN (Unity Centre–Masal), which later renamed itself to CPN (Masal). The party also formed a parallel Janamorcha Nepal, later

, led by Chitra Bahadur K.C. and took away with three members of the Interim Parliament from

because of Singh's opposition towards joining the interim government. The other split emerged when Ram Singh Sris broke away with two members of the Interim Parliament from

. The faction also had its own parallel Janamorcha Nepal led by Chitra Bahadur Ale. The faction later merged with other splinter groups of other communist parties and formed CPN (Unified). After various splits in the party, Narayan Kaji Shrestha became the general secretary. The party joined the Communist Party of Nepal to form the

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on 13 January 2009. The women's wing of CPN (UC–M) is led by Surya Thapa (president) and Anjana Bisankhe (general secretary). The students wing of CPN (UC–M) was All Nepal National Free Students Union (Unified), while the cultural wing of CPN (UC–M) was called Indreni-Raktim Cultural Family. Fronts in

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included All India Nepalese Unity Society (Mainstream) and All India Nepali Students Association. The CPN (UC–M) participated in the

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Ideology

The CPN (Unity Centre–Masal) adhered to Marxism–Leninism–Mao Zedong Thought as its ideological basis. CPN (UC–M) favoured a negotiated settlement of the

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. Their proposal, put forward together with other leftists, was to hold a

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. The party also opposed US involvement in Nepal.

References

External links

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The Tasks Ahead for the Communists
' – contribution of CPN (UC–M) to the 13th International Communist Seminar {{DEFAULTSORT:Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre-Masal) Defunct communist parties in Nepal International Conference of Marxist–Leninist Parties and Organizations (International Newsletter) Political parties established in 2002 2002 establishments in Nepal Political parties disestablished in 2009 2009 disestablishments in Nepal Politics of the Nepalese Civil War

History

Splits and dissolution

Ideology

See also

References

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