Mohan Baidya ( ne, मोहन वैद्य) is a Nepalese political activist who is the chairman of the
Communist Party of Nepal Revolutionary Maoist, a party formed in 2012 by a splinter group from the Nepal Communist Party - Maoist
Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).
Baidya became the leader of the
Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal), when that party was formed in 1985.
In 1986, Mohan Baidya was acting as General Secretary of the
CPN (Mashal) when he called for an armed uprising against
King Birendra. These attempts were ultimately unsuccessful leading to the arrest of several revolutionaries known as the
Sector Incident. It saw Baidya face severe internal criticism culminating in his resignation and replacement with
Pushpa Kamal Dahal.
Baidya was not included during the
Nepalese Civil War peace process as he was serving time in Indian prison. He later voiced criticism of the decisions made by Maoist representatives during the agreements.
Political positions
In an interview in 2018, Baidya expressed concerns over the excessive consumption of liquor by the indigenous Janajati people, although stressed that his focus is centered mainly on economic reform, land rights & redistribution, fair prices for produce, fair wages and loan regulation. He expressed disapproval over
political factionalism within the
communist
Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a s ...
parties of Nepal, and wishes to see unity.
[Sen, Rumela]
Interview with Mohan Baidya ‘Kiran’
- ''Counter Currents''. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2019
References
Living people
Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre) politicians
Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) politicians
Nepalese atheists
Year of birth missing (living people)
People of the Nepalese Civil War
Nepalese prisoners of war
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Members of the 1st Nepalese Constituent Assembly