Bal Chandra Poudel

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Bal Chandra Poudel
बालचन्द्र पौडेल
Personal details
Born (1959-06-22) 22 June 1959 (age 64)
Rasuwa, Kingdom of Nepal
Political partyNepali Congress
Known for1979 Nepalese student protests[1]
People's Movement 1990[2]
People's Movement 2006[2]

Bal Chandra Poudel (

Rasuwa
for several decades.

Poudel spent most of his youth in prison fighting against the Panchayat regime.[2] He contested several parliamentary elections representing Nepali Congress but lost it all times: one in 1991, against popular leader Ram Krishna Acharya; a founding member of Rastriya Prajatantra Party.

Political career

Poudel entered politics in 1974 inspired by the social-democratic ideals of

Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) to become the largest party of Nepal.[4]

Poudel was the president of the Nepali Congress party for the district of Rasuwa for decades before multi party democracy was introduced in Nepal. He actively held the responsibility as district president of

Rasuwa
from 2004 to 2008.

In 2006, Poudel was arrested for organizing a protest rally in Kathmandu and chanting slogans like "ज्ञानेन्द्र चोर देश छोड", which literally means: Burglar King leave my country. During the period of direct rule by King Gyanendra, he was arrested along with other party members during a protest rally on 18 February 2005.[2]

Constituent Assembly election, 2008

Poudel was a candidate in the Constituent Assembly election of 2008 (2064

Rasuwa. The NC had announced the event as "indefinite shutdown in Rasuwa district protesting the Maoists' attack on NC candidate Bal Chandra Poudel and its cadres on Tuesday, April 01, 2008.".[6] He was taken to the Teaching Hospital by air.[7] A total 25 people were arrested from Maoists
after the incident.

Controversial Claims

On 15 August 2020, in a television interview with popular journalist Rishi Dhamala, Poudel claimed that "Our current party president is the most ineffective and unsuccessful president throughout the history". Furthermore, he lashed out at president Deuba citing Deuba's ineffectiveness as a leader of the opposition in the Federal Parliament of Nepal.[8]

In the same interview, Poudel even criticized other leaders like Ram Chandra Poudel by stating that "We are being unfair by coercing our leaders to carry load of the party".[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ Brown, T. Louise. The Challenge to Democracy in Nepal: A Political History. London: Routledge, 1995. p. 90
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Asian Centre for Human Rights". achrweb.org. Archived from the original on 15 October 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  3. ^ "NEPAL: parliamentary elections Pratindhi Sabha, 1994". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  4. ^ "NEPAL: parliamentary elections Pratindhi Sabha, 1991". Inter-Parliamentary Union. Retrieved 21 May 2009.
  5. ^ "NC names FPTP candidates". Archived from the original on 26 July 2007. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
  6. ISBN 978-9937-2-0754-6
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  7. ^ "Toward CA Election in Nepal | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
  8. ^ a b "देउवाहरुलाई भारी बोकाएर हामीले अन्याय गरिराखेका छौं : बालचन्द्र पौडेल". ReportersNepal-2.

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