Dina Nath Sharma, alias Ashok, is a Nepalese politician. In 1999 he led a revolt within the CPN (Masal) against the party leadership. On April 6, 1999, Sharma split from the party and constituted his own parallel Communist Party of Nepal (Masal). Sharma's party called for boycott of elections and supported the armed struggle. Soon after the split, Sharma's party merged with the

Communist Party of Nepal The Communist Party of Nepal (), 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 regime, feudalism, and imperialism. The founding general secretary ...

Political career

Sharma was inducted into the Maoist

politburo A politburo () or political bureau is the highest organ of the central committee in communist parties. The term is also sometimes used to refer to similar organs in socialist and Islamist parties, such as the UK Labour Party's NEC or the Poli ...

. Sharma represented the Maoists during the 2003 peace-talks.Nepal rebels hold public talks
/ref> After the end of the

2006 democracy movement in Nepal The 2006 Nepal revolution also known as the Democracy Movement ( ''Jana Andolan II''). It was a political movement that was opposed to Nepal's monarchy system under King Gyanendra. The movement was the second protest against the monarchy, foll ...

, Sharma was included in the group sent to

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to start peace negotiations with the new government. In early 2005 Sharma was, along with

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and

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, demoted by the party supremo

Prachanda Pushpa Kamal Dahal (; born Ghanashyam Dahal, 11 December 1954), alias ''Prachanda'' (, , "fierce"), is a Nepalese politician, currently serving as the Leader of the Opposition, since July 2024. He has served as the Prime Minister of Nepal ...

. In July of that year Prachandra reinstated Sharma into the politburo.

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dnsharma.com
1945 births Living people Nepalese atheists People from Baglung District Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) (historical) politicians Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) (1999) politicians Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) politicians Members of the National Assembly (Nepal) Nepal Communist Party (NCP) politicians People of the Nepalese Civil War {{Nepal-politician-stub Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly