Shivsena Nepal ( ne, शिवसेना नेपाल;

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: '' Shiva's Army of Nepal'') is a

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Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

. The party was founded in 1990 by Arun Subedi, in response to the demands for

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in the backdrop of the ''

Jana Andolan The 1990 People's Movement ( ne, २०४६ जनआन्दोलन, 2046 Jana Andolan) was a multiparty movement in Nepal that brought an end to absolute monarchy and the beginning of constitutional monarchy. It also eliminated the Panch ...

''.Pocket Gita to fight for king Gyanendra-Rest of World-World-The Times of India
/ref> In difference to the Nepal Shivsena, Shivsena Nepal has profiled itself mainly as a religious organisation. Whereas Nepal Shivsena has links to the

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Shiv Sena Shiv Sena ( IAST: ''Śiva Sēnā'') () was a right-wing to far-right Marathi regionalist and Hindu ultranationalist political party in India founded in 1966 by cartoonist Bal Thackeray. Originally emerging from nativist movements in Bom ...

, Shivsena Nepal denies such links. The party was registered with the

Election Commission of Nepal The Election Commission ( ne, निर्वाचन आयोग, नेपाल; ''Nirvācana āyōg, Nēpāl'') is a constitutional body responsible for conducting and monitoring elections, as well as registering parties and candidates and r ...

ahead of the 2008 Constituent Assembly election. When the Taliban began destroying the Buddhistic ancient artifacts, the Nepal Shiv Sena and the Shivsena Nepal strongly criticized the attacks.P. 38 ''Religious Freedom in Asia'' By Edward P. Lipton

Organisation

The party claims to have organisation in 36 out of 77 districts of Nepal. Its main base, according to Subedi, is in the

Terai The Terai or Tarai is a lowland region in northern India and southern Nepal that lies south of the outer foothills of the Himalayas, the Sivalik Hills, and north of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. This lowland belt is characterised by tall grasslands, scr ...

areas.

References

Nepalese Hindu political parties 1990 establishments in Nepal {{Nepal-party-stub