There is immense love, faith and trust in the former Maoist leadership. The mass movement and organization are strong. This is the base area for the people's war to bring order. That is why they won this election: NCP leader Barshaman Pun
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The Nepali Communist Party (NCP) won 5 of the 8 seats it won in the direct elections to the House of Representatives from the Maoist base areas. Rukum East and West, Salyan, Kalikot and Rolpa are the base areas of the Maoist armed war.
It started the armed war from those areas on Falgun 1, 2052 and formed a parallel government in Poush, 2057. It had run 'Janassa' as a parallel government until it joined the peace process. Although the Maoists abandoned Maoism in name and ideology by uniting with the Unified Socialist Party in the third week of Kartik, the voters in those areas have preserved their legacy.
The party changed its name to Nepali Communist Party. However, even after losing interest in Mao, the Maoist base areas have protected the NCP in this election. Voters who were infatuated with the Maoists chose the Dahal leadership.
After NCP coordinator Pushpa Kamal Dahal lost his love for Mao, Netra Bikram Chand renamed the party as Nepal Communist Party (Maoist), but none of his candidates won the election. Chand himself did not run. Except for Maoist Kalikot candidate and spokesperson Khadga Bahadur Bishwakarma, no other candidate contested.
Former Maoist fighter commander Mahendra Bahadur Shahi emerged victorious in Kalikot. Bishwakarma came in third place. Kalikot voters chose the mainstream despite leaving Maoism. Bishwakarma was a senior leader while in the Maoists. After separating from the Maoists in 2069, Bishwakarma joined the party formed by Netra Bikram Chand.
Former Deputy General Secretary Janardan Sharma, who left the Maoists and formed the Progressive Democratic Party, was defeated from Rukum West. He was an influential leader after the Maoists entered peaceful politics and was undefeated from 2064 to 2079. His contribution to the overall development of Rukum is significant. This time, Sharma had to be defeated from Rukum West because he left the mainstream. Gopal Sharma, whom he led into politics, won the election easily. Sharma came in third place. Raju KC of the Nepali Congress was Gopal's closest competitor.
In this election, NCP coordinator Dahal chose Rukum East after getting a glimpse of the possible results. Since the Maoists' base area is Rukum East, he was sure to win. He also won the election easily. The door to entering parliament for his UML counterparts, KP Sharma Oli, Ishwor Pokharel and others, was closed. Former Prime Minister Dahal will be alone in parliament. In which former Prime Ministers like former Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba, UML President KP Sharma Oli, and NCP Co-Convenor Madhav Kumar Nepal will not be present . This time, Dahal will be the 'lone wolf on the hill' in terms of political generation in the parliament .
Not only Dahal, but also his deputy commander, division commander and people who worked at the headquarters have won the election .
Former Deputy Secretary General Barshaman Pun has also preserved the Maoist legacy this time . Pun won the election by a huge margin in Rolpa, which the Maoists have been winning continuously since 2064. Pun is Dahal's trusted advisor . He was the deputy commander of the Maoist fighters during the armed war . Pun has become the Minister of Finance, Energy and Peace .
Mahendra Bahadur Shahi, who won the election from Kalikot, was a division commander of the Maoist fighters. At one time, he was close to Janardan Sharma and moved towards the establishment after the conflict between Dahal and Sharma escalated.
Ramesh Kumar Malla, who won the election from Salyan, was the coordinator and personal secretary of Dahal for about two years. Malla, who is also the former president of Akhil Krantikari, won the election for the first time as a candidate.
The Maoists started in 2052 from districts including Rukum, Rolpa, Sindhuli. In 2072, the constitution divided Rukum into East and West. This time, despite the Maoist influence, they could not win the election in Sindhuli.
Yubaraj Dulal, who won from Sindhupalchowk-2, is a former combatant commander. After Dahal went public in 2063, he was the head of Dahal's security team. Sindhupalchowk is also an area with Maoist influence.
Janardan Sharma, the candidate from Rukum West, and Gopal Sharma had a 'guru-chela' relationship while they were in the Maoists. However, when Janardan left the mainstream, Gopal defeated him.
The NCP has also won the election in Dhanusha-1 this time. Matrika Prasad Yadav has won one seat from Madhesh Pradesh. Yadav won after the candidacy of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) candidate Kishori Sah was rejected.
Former Unified Socialist candidate Dhan Bahadur Budha won from Dolpa. He is the only leader to win from a former socialist party.
How did the Maoist base area protect the NCP? Senior NCP leader Barshaman Pun said that the voters won because of the people and leadership who fought for the federal democratic republic. 'There is immense love, faith and trust in the former Maoist leadership.' The mass base and organization are strong,' he said, 'This is the base area for the people's war to bring order. That's why they won this election.' He said that he believed in the CPN (Maoist) because it had won in the municipalities and done good work in those areas.
'Our districts like Rukum, Rolpa, Salyan and others have a proud history. The people have not forgotten that history,' he said, 'That's why they made their candidates win.'
Kamala Roka, in-charge of CPN Rukum East, said that they could not forget the legacy of the 'people's war' in the Maoist base area, so they preserved it in this election. 'It is the base area where sacrifice, penance and sacrifice were made in the people's war. The history of the people's war itself is very dear there,' she said, 'It is not only the beginning of the people's war, but also the base area for the peace process. That's why we won easily.'
