Ex-Vice President Bhim Rawal, who was expelled from UML for doing activities against the interests of the party, has started preparations to form a new party that includes communist and liberal ideologies. He has been in UML politics for more than three decades and now he is planning to form a non-communist party.

Rawal, who has had different views with UML President KP Sharma Oli for a long time, contested for the position of President in the 10th Congress held in 2078. After that, even though he did not hold any responsibility, he constantly held different opinions. He was elected as the vice-president from the ninth congress, and before the distance grew, he was close to Oli and became active in the work of constitution making and peace process. 

Recently, he had objected to the party's decision to build a central office with the donation of controversial businessman Meen Bahadur Gurung. When the party asked for an explanation, he did not reply. After that, UML took action against Rawal from last week's secretariat meeting so that he was not even an organized member.

Rawal has now told a close leader that he is thinking of forming a patriotic Samajwadi Party. "Prior to that, suggestions should be collected from the East about what kind of party to form and UML President Oli's despotic and dictatorial tendencies should be destroyed," he said.

It has not been decided whether the known leaders of UML will participate in the formation of Rawal's new party or not. "Unsatisfied leaders in the UML, leaders who joined and separated from the Congress in the past and became disaffected will form a party," said a leader close to Rawal, "but now the party's name, ideology, and course of action have not been decided." 

Amidst the talk of forming a new party, Rawal has said that he will hold a press conference on Wednesday to clarify his upcoming political plans. Prakash Shah, a member of the UML secretariat and head of the organization department of Rawal's home district Achham, said that the preparations for the formation of a new party are being discussed.

'The announcement of party formation will not be made on Wednesday itself as it is being discussed outside. But he will soon reach a solid conclusion after discussions and consultations conducted nationwide. He said that under the leadership of Rawal, a party will be formed that will unite all the patriots of all ideological groups. "There is no justification for another party called the Communist Party," he said. 

Leaders who have met with Rawal claim that they have started preparations for the formation of the party. On Monday, independent MP Tara Joshi of Dadeldhura and former president of Dadeldhura Congress Karan Malla, who is now the vice president of BP Congress, met with Rawal in Sudurpaschim Pradesh Assembly. "He has announced a plan to form a party that can attract people from all ideological groups," said Malla, who is also a former member of the Sudurpaschim Provincial Assembly.

Krishnaraj Subedi, a former member of Sudurpaschim Pradesh Sabha, said that Rawal is consulting on the formation of a new party. "In Wednesday's press conference, he will criticize the unjust behavior of the UML leadership," he said. Now there is no point in forming a party that hangs the word communist.' 

Sudurpaschim University's former dean and political science professor Mukund Kalouni said that the challenge of forming a new party is facing Rawal. "The political ideology and organizational structure of the party he will form has not been clear," he said, "if only ambition is there, it cannot become a dynamic party." We need a strong team and nationwide organization to promote clear new ideas.' 

Professor Kalouni says that a party can become a strong party only if it has an approach that can address the country and the people more than other parties. He said that most of the political parties in Nepal are like 'pressure groups'. "Leaders of Nepal are dominated by authoritarian character," he said. 

Some leaders of UML have expressed their displeasure with the action taken by the party secretariat to exclude ex-vice president Rawal from being an organized member. They say that the action taken against former vice president Rawal, standing committee member Vinda Pandey and central member Ushakiran Timsena is wrong. 

UML central member Jhapat Rawal, who is considered a supporter of Rawal, said that the action against the three leaders should be withdrawn from the upcoming central committee meeting. Multi-party democracy of the people is the principle of the highest practice of democracy. If the matter cannot be discussed in the party, it has no meaning,' said Rawal, a central member, 'There can be conflict and conflict within the party. There are also methods to solve it. But now this situation has come because there are more people raising problems.'

Central member Rawal commented that there is now a chatpaty (whatever you like, taste) trend in UML. "Such trend must be stopped," he said. He did not respond to the fact that former Vice President Rawal was preparing to form a new party. "I haven't thought about it," he said, "it's too early to make any comments." "It is completely wrong to expel them directly from the party without giving them a chance to discuss," he said. He is publishing his opinions one after the other on social media. Thapa wrote on social media, targeting the action taken by the party against Bhim Rawal and other leaders, 'Let's think with a cool mind. A country is not built by passion, excitement, frustration and discontent or opposition. The right result can be obtained only by combining everyone's experience and qualifications and working in a rhythm.'