Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre)
Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre) नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (एकता केन्द्र) | |
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Founded | 20 November 1990 |
Dissolved | 2001 |
Merger of | Far-left |
Communism in Nepal |
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The Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre) was a
History
In 1991, the party held its first convention. It adopted a line of "protracted armed struggle on the route to a new democratic revolution" and that the party would remain an underground party.
In 1992, in a situation of economic crisis and chaos, with spiralling prices as a result of implementation of changes in policy of the new Congress government, SJM and CPN (UC) stepped up their political agitation. A Joint People's Agitation Committee was set up together with the Communist Party of Nepal (Masal), the Nepal Communist League and the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist). A general strike was called for 6 April.
Violent incidents began to occur on the evening ahead of the strike. The Joint People's Agitation Committee had called for a 30-minute lights out in the capital, and violence erupted outside
In 1994, a group led by
At the party convention held in
See also
- Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist–Maoist Centre)
- Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre–Masal)
- List of communist parties in Nepal
References
- ^ क्रान्तीकारी नेपाल :: नेपाल कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी इतिहास :: January :: 2006 Archived 2006-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hoftun, Martin, William Raeper and John Whelpton. People, politics and ideology: Democracy and Social Change in Nepal. Kathmandu: Mandala Book Point, 1999. p. 189
- ^ Unity Centre and Masal to Unite - Nepali Times