Bhim Kumari Budha Magar's husband has left politics and is currently working abroad. She said that while continuing her political journey, she has connected the path of class struggle and people's war to her parliamentary journey.
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The political changes of 2046 BS had already affected Bhim Kumari Budha Magar. She was politically trained at the age of 14. After the restoration of the multi-party system, another political movement of rural class struggle was beginning in Rukum/Rolpa.
Budha became a character in that class struggle. The then NCP Mashal arrived at Araniko Secondary School in Nuwagaun, Rolpa to expand the organization. The revolutionary songs, dances and speeches presented at the program gave more energy to her teenage enthusiasm.
The speeches of leaders like the Communist Party of the Poor and the Party that Respects Daughters helped Budha join politics in the beginning of 2047 BS. A few months after listening to the speeches of the leaders, she too was able to give speeches.
Then she became a member of the District Conference Preparation Committee of the Women's Organization. From the first district conference held in 2048, Manakhana Gharti became the president and Sunkumari Pun the secretary, and Budha became a member. That year was an election year. Krishna Bahadur Mahara and Barman Budha were candidates for the House of Representatives from Rolpa. Budha campaigned for the election as part of the cultural group. Both MPs won.
During the election, there were clashes with Congress workers in Rolpa at various places. Budha also faced clashes. She fought at many places. She was also injured in the process. She suffered a serious head injury. The clashes and confrontations that began with the election were the template for rural class struggle in Rolpa.
Congress workers started harassing communist supporters in various villages of Rolpa by going to their homes. With the help of the police administration, communist leaders were arrested, various cases were filed and harassment was done. Due to which, the communist-supporting men started living underground in the forest.
The women used to arrange food and drink for them. Budha led the arrangements for this work. She joined the women in the struggle. The United Jan Morcha Nepal, the electoral front of CPN Mashal, was openly active. The party's cadres started going underground after they started suffering.
The mid-term elections were held in 2051 BS. At that time, CPN Mashal was preparing to go into a people's war by forming the CPN Maoist through the Unity Center. The party adopted a policy of boycotting the elections. Due to which clashes started happening again in different places. Budha fought in the front lines in various clashes in Korchabang.
She used to paint the walls of her house with the slogan "Let's boycott the elections alone." During that time, she was beaten up by Congress cadres. She went underground in 2051 BS after the booth occupation case in Jinabang was raised during the election boycott. She was one of the few women to go underground even before the People's War.
That brave woman has now become a proportional representation MP from the Nepali Communist Party. This is the achievement of her long life of struggle, sacrifice and dedication. Budha was born on Kartik 15, 2032 BS in Korchabang, Rolpa. Her mother passed away when she was four years old.
Her father Nanda Bahadur Bantha and her grandfather Sher Bahadur Bantha took the responsibility of raising her. The grandfather was a Pradhan Pancha and a political figure. Along with her grandfather, the care of her mother and aunt made it easy for her to grow up.
After passing grade 7 from Siddha Kailash Nimavi Misidanda, she enrolled in grade 8 at Araniko Mavi Nuwagaun in 2044 BS. She took the SLC exam in 2051. She started her underground life after failing in SLC. Budha, who went underground during the class struggle, was forced to go underground full-time from 1 Falgun 2052.
After joining the People's War, her studies were interrupted. She completed her incomplete studies at that time only after the peace process. She became the district secretary of the women's organization in 2052. She became a member of the party's proposed area committee.
In Rolpa/Rukum, in preparation for the People's War in 2052, a 'Siege Miter Abhiyan' was launched in the name of Rukum's Sisne Himal and Rolpa's Jaljala Pahad. She went to Rukum when Rolpa activists went to Rukum and Rolpa activists went to Rolpa. She stayed and worked in Rukum for two months.
In Garayla, Rukum, Congress workers took control of four people, including Budha, and locked them in a house, but they managed to escape with the help of local women. After returning from Rukum, she participated in the training for the People's War held in Pachhabang, Rolpa in Asoj.
She actively participated in the training attended by the then General Secretary of the CPN-Maoist, Pushpa Kamal Dahal. At the same time, the government was conducting 'Romeo Operation' against the then United People's Front. The Maoists had also formed a fighting party, a security party, and a volunteer party in preparation for the war. Budha joined the security party. On his return from the training, the women used the skills they had learned there to bid farewell to Dahal by firing their guns.
While preparations for the People's War were underway, Bhim Kumari got married in a democratic ceremony to Shyam Kumar Budha, a student leader from Badachour, Rolpa, in the premises of the Missingdanda School in Kartik among hundreds of people.
Shyam Kumar had gone underground in 2048 due to the rural class struggle. This was the first democratic marriage among the people. Immediately after the marriage, she went to East Rolpa, where her husband was living, during the folk song campaign. She reached her husband's house only on Magh 25.
When she reached home, her father-in-law Suklal Budha was preparing for the people's war that had begun on Falgun 1. They were cooking breakfast by roasting corn and soybeans. On Magh 27, the entire family locked the house and joined the people's war.
Shyam Kumar was known by the nickname Chintan in the party, while Bhimkumari's nickname was Chisha. Her father-in-law's nickname was Gonjalo. Shyam Kumar went to attack the Holeri police post, which was the first attack to start the people's war. Bhimkumari reached the hill of another village and fired her gun and declared the people's war to begin.
After the people's war began, the government carried out a lot of repression in Rolpa-Rukum. In 2054 BS, the government launched the 'Kilo Sera Two' campaign. At that time, she was the district vice-president of the women's organization near the Budha Party and a member of the party's area committee. She played all three roles - organizer, artist and fighter.
In 2053 BS, during the preparation for the attack on Lung police station, she was pregnant, but she fell on the way and miscarried. The second child, born at eight months, also did not survive. Amidst the heat and noise of the war, she was also struggling to become a mother.
While a cultural program was going on in Namja in Rolpa, the police arrived. She was in labor pains as she ran away alone with her gun and bag. It had been two days since she had been in labor, but the baby had not been born. She walked alone and took shelter in a cowshed in Lisne.
When she learned that the police were monitoring her there too, she fled to the forest at night. In the morning, she returned to the same cowshed and gave birth to her baby. The baby born in the forest died within four days as she could not be properly cared for. Such incidents in her life still haunt her. Despite such difficulties, her warlike life continued.
In 2055 BS, she became the in-charge of Nuwagaun VDC. In 2056 BS, she participated in various attacks, including the attack on the Area Police Office, Ghartigaun. She played the role of the attack management commander.
In 2057 BS, she was transferred to Pyuthan as the area secretary. In 2058, she played the role of area in-charge in the Sandhikharka attack and the Lisnegam operation. In 2058, the government security forces burned all her houses.
After the birth of her son in 2060, she returned to Rolpa with her son and took over the responsibility of area in-charge. She was also responsible for managing large military camps including Gam Biwang and Bangetal along with her son. In 2062, she barely saved her life by jumping off a cliff with her two-year-old son during the Pathibhara operation.
As it was difficult to walk with her son in the war, she took care of her son in a house in the village. Only after the peace process began did she take care of her son again. During the peace process, she left the responsibility of Rolpa and went to Dang. After that, she was continuously active in Dang, holding various political responsibilities.
Her husband has left politics and is now working abroad. Budha, on the other hand, has continued her political journey and connected the path of class struggle and people's war to her parliamentary journey. 'This is my first parliamentary journey and experience. I will now raise the dream of rural class struggle and people's war in Parliament,' she said. 'Even though the front is different, I have been continuously raising my voice in favor of the people. I will also raise the issues of the people in Parliament.'
