Mohan Baidya ( ne, मोहन वैद्य) is a Nepalese political activist who is the chairman of the
Communist Party of Nepal Revolutionary Maoist, a party formed in 2012 by a splinter group from the Nepal Communist Party - Maoist
Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
The Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), abbreviated UCPN (Maoist), (Nepali: एकीकृत नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (माओवादी)), was a political party in Nepal. It was founded ...
.
Baidya became the leader of the
Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal)
The Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) was an underground communist party in Nepal. CPN (Mashal) was formed in November 1984, following a split in the Communist Party of Nepal (Masal). The new party was founded at a congress (labelled the 'fifth ...
, when that party was formed in 1985.
In 1986, Mohan Baidya was acting as General Secretary of the
CPN (Mashal) when he called for an armed uprising against
King Birendra
Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev ( ne, श्री ५ महाराजाधिराज वीरेन्द्र वीर विक्रम शाह देव ) (28 December 1945 – 1 June 2001) was the tenth Shah Ruler and the King of N ...
. These attempts were ultimately unsuccessful leading to the arrest of several revolutionaries known as the
Sector Incident. It saw Baidya face severe internal criticism culminating in his resignation and replacement with
Pushpa Kamal Dahal
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 pre ...
.
Baidya was not included during 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 ...
peace process as he was serving time in Indian prison. He later voiced criticism of the decisions made by Maoist representatives during the agreements.
Political positions
In an interview in 2018, Baidya expressed concerns over the excessive consumption of liquor by the indigenous Janajati people, although stressed that his focus is centered mainly on economic reform, land rights & redistribution, fair prices for produce, fair wages and loan regulation. He expressed disapproval over
political faction
A political faction is a group of individuals that share a common political purpose but differs in some respect to the rest of the entity. A faction within a group or political party may include fragmented sub-factions, "parties within a party," ...
alism within the
communist
Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...
parties of Nepal, and wishes to see unity.
[Sen, Rumela]
Interview with Mohan Baidya ‘Kiran’
- ''Counter Currents''. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2019
References
Living people
Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre) politicians
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) politicians
Nepalese atheists
Year of birth missing (living people)
People of the Nepalese Civil War
Nepalese prisoners of war
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Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly