The Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) was a

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Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...

. CPN (Masal) was formed in 1983, following a split in the

Communist Party of Nepal (Fourth Convention) The Communist Party of Nepal (Fourth Convention) ( ne, नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (चौथो महाधिवेशन), ''Nepala Kamyunishta Parti (Chautho Mahadhiveshan)'') was a communist party in Nep ...

. The party was led by Mohan Bikram Singh.

History

In March 1984, CPN (Masal) along with different Marxist–Leninist and revolutionary parties from four continents formed the

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in France. In 1985, the party split with

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forming his own

Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) The Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) was an underground communist party in Nepal. CPN (Mashal) was formed in November 1984, following a split in the Communist Party of Nepal (Masal). The new party was founded at a congress (labelled the 'fifth ...

. Masal retained the RIM membership for some time. Masal was sometimes nicknamed ''Patalo Masal'' ("Thin Masal") to differentiate it from ''Moto Mashal'' ("Thick Mashal"), i.e. Masal. Following the split, the Masal group was also known as the Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal–COC). At the time of the mass upsurge against the monarchic dictatorship, Masal, Mashal and Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist) joined hands and formed the

United National People's Movement United National People's Movement (in Nepali: ''Samyukta Rashtriya Janaandolan'') was a coalition of Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal), Communist Party of Nepal (Masal), Nepal Marxist-Leninist Party, Proletarian Labour Organisation, Nepal Commu ...

as a common front. In 1991, a minority broke led by

Baburam Bhattarai Baburam Bhattarai ( ne, बाबुराम भट्टराई, ; born 18 June 1954), also known by his nom de guerre Laaldhwoj, is a Nepalese politician and former Prime Minister, who presently serves as leader of the Nepal Socialist Party ...

broke away from CPN (Masal) and joined the

Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre) The Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre) was a communist party in Nepal. CPN (UC) was formed on 19–20 November 1990 through the merger of Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal), Communist Party of Nepal (Fourth Convention), Proletarian Workers O ...

. CPN (Masal) took part in the Joint People's Agitation Committee, which had called for a general strike on 6 April 1992. Violence erupted in the capital during the strike, and according to the

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HURON 14 people were killed in police firing. In 1999, CPN (Masal) split, as a group led by Deena Nath Sharma broke away and formed a parallel Communist Party of Nepal (Masal). Sharma's group called for boycott of elections and support to armed struggle led by Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). It later merged with the Maoists in 2001. At the party convention held on 1–5 December 2001, CPN (Masal) decided to merge with

. The merger became effective in early 2002, and the

Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre-Masal) The Communist Party of Nepal ( ne, नेपाल कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी), abbreviated CPN, was a communist party in Nepal from 1949 to 1962. It was founded on 15 September 1949 to struggle against the autocratic Rana ...

was formed.

Ideology

The party considered Nepal as a semi-feudal and semi-colonial country. The party identified the proletariat, peasants (ranging from poor to rich),

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and national capitalists as friendly classes, and saw feudal landlords and comprador-bureaucratic capitalists as class enemies.Rawal, Bhim. ''The Communist Movement in Nepal: Origin and Development''.

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: Accham-Kathmandu Contact Forum, 2007. p. 119.

History

Ideology

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