Nepali Congress (Subarna) is a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

. The party was formed in 1978, through a split in the

Nepali Congress The Nepali Congress ( ; Abbreviation, abbr. NC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a Social democracy, social democratic List of political parties in Nepal, political party in Nepal and the largest party in the country ...

. At the time of the split, the Nepali Congress (Subarna) was led by Bakhan Singh Gurung and

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. The party was initially known as the '38 group'.COVER STORY (Spotlight Weekly)
/ref> The party contested the 1981 Rastriya Panchayat election, launching 36 candidates as 'independents'. Four of its candidates were elected, Dr. K.I. Singh, Bakhan Singh Gurung, Kashi Nath Gautam and Bhagwat Yadav.

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: Manohar Publications, 1990. p. 111.Panday, Devendra Raj.
Nepal in 1981: Stagnation Amidst Change
', published in ''Asian Survey'', Vol. 22, No. 2, A Survey of Asia in 1981: Part II, (Feb., 1982), pp. 155-162. Bakhan Singh Gurung was the minister of land reform and law and justice.

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