The Communist Unity Contact Forum Nepal () was a

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

ese communist organisation. It was founded in July 1974 by communists who had developed differences with the Communist Party of Nepal (Pushpa Lal). The group was based in western Nepal and in exile in

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. The organisation published ''Rato Jhanda'' ('Red Flag'). The ideology of the group was Marxism–Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought, and it worked for the creation of a militant and well-organised communist party. The group accused Manmohan Adhikari, Pushpa Lal Shrestha and

Mohan Bikram Singh Mohan Bikram Singh (born 15 April 1935), often referred to as MBS, party name Gharti, is a Nepalese communist politician. His father was a wealthy landlord in Pyuthan District who was close to King Tribhuvan. MBS however joined the opposition N ...

for factionalism.Rawal, Bhim. ''The Communist Movement in Nepal: Origin and Development''.

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: Accham-Kathmandu Contact Forum, 2007. p. 80-81. The group was reorganised as the Proletarian Revolutionary Organisation, Nepal () in 1976. In 1977 the group made a new analysis, and adopted the theory of ''Boddhisatva Maoism''. It claimed that the thoughts of

Buddha Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha (),* * * was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism. According to Buddhist legends, he was ...

and

Mao Zedong Mao Zedong pronounced ; traditionally Romanization of Chinese, romanised as Mao Tse-tung. (26December 18939September 1976) was a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and political theorist who founded the People's Republic of China (PRC) in ...

were proponents of the same line of thinking, and that it was necessary to add Buddhist thinking to Mao's doctrine in order to advance the revolutionary cause in the Nepalese context. Moreover, it claimed that

Buddhism Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...

would be unable to receive nationwide respect in Nepal if Mao's thinking was not harmonized into the Buddhist thinking. However, the concept of ''Bodhisattva Maoism'' was too difficult for many of the members of the organisation to digest. In 1978 internal dissent broke out inside the organisation, and the group would soon disappear from the political scene. The remainders of the group merged into the Nepal Workers Peasants Organisation.Rawal, Bhim. ''The Communist Movement in Nepal: Origin and Development''.

: Accham-Kathmandu Contact Forum, 2007. Chart nr. 1.

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{{Reflist Maoist organisations in Nepal Defunct communist parties in Nepal Political parties established in 1974 Political parties disestablished in 1978 Buddhist socialism 1974 establishments in Nepal 1978 disestablishments in Nepal India–Nepal relations

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