Janamorcha Nepal () was founded in 2002 as the mass organisation and electoral front of the
. It was formed following the merger between 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 ...
and the
Communist Party of Nepal (Masal) when their respective fronts
Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal
The United People's Front of Nepal (), abbreviated SJM, was the front of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre), or CPN (UC).
History Formation
SJM was founded in 1991, with Baburam Bhattarai as its chairman. Except for the CPN (UC), t ...
and the
Rashtriya Jana Morcha
Rastriya Janamorcha () is a political party in Nepal. It was originally founded in 1995 as the legal front of Communist Party of Nepal (Masal). Former Deputy Prime Minister, Chitra Bahdur KC is the chairman of the party.
It was re-founded aga ...
joined together on 10 July 2002.
History
The party was formed with a 51-member ad hoc committee under the chairmanship of
Amik Sherchan
Amik Sherchan (born 1944) is a Nepalese politician and former Governor of Lumbini Province of Nepal. He is former chairman of Janamorcha Nepal. He served as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population of Nepal in the interim ...
targeting the proposed general elections in November 2002.
Jana Andolan
During the
Loktantra Andolan
The 2006 Nepal revolution also known as the Democracy Movement ( ''Jana Andolan II''). It was a political movement that was opposed to Nepal's King of Nepal, monarchy system under King Gyanendra. The movement was the second protest against the ...
uprising of 2006 Janamorcha Nepal joined the
Seven Party Alliance
The Seven Party Alliance was a coalition of seven Nepali political parties seeking to end autocratic rule in the country. They spearheaded the Loktantra Andolan.
The alliance was made up of the following parties:
* Nepali Congress
* Nepali Congr ...
. After the end of the direct rule by
King Gyanendra
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, Janamorcha Nepal was split into three along with its main party, the
. The party initially had six members in the
Interim Parliament. A group led by
Chitra Bahadur K.C. split along with three members of the
Interim Parliament. This group later reconstituted the
Rastriya Janamorcha
Rastriya Janamorcha () is a political party in Nepal. It was originally founded in 1995 as the legal front of Communist Party of Nepal (Masal). Former Deputy Prime Minister, Chitra Bahdur KC is the chairman of the party.
It was re-founded aga ...
. Another group led by Chitra Bahadur Ale split with two members of the
Interim Parliament and later merged with other communist factions and formed
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified)
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified) () was a communist party in Nepal. The party was formed in 2007 through the merger of three groups:
*A breakaway group of the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist) led by Rishi Kattel.
*A breakaway group ...
. Lila Mani Pokharel was the only member of parliament renaming in the original Janamorcha Nepal. He was later joined by three more nominated members; Asarphi Sada,
Anjana Bisankhe
Anjana Bisankhe ( Nepali: अंजना बीसङ्खे) is a Nepalese politician serving as a Member of the House of Representatives (Nepal) elected from Kathmandu 10, in Bagmati Province . She is also a member of the Presidium of Nepal ...
and Kaman Singh Lama. Janamorcha Nepal retained its membership in the ruling
Eight Party Alliance
The Seven Party Alliance was a coalition of seven Nepali political parties seeking to end autocratic rule in the country. They spearheaded the Loktantra Andolan.
The alliance was made up of the following parties:
* Nepali Congress
* Nepali Congr ...
and
Giriraj Mani Pokharel and
Shahi Shrestha joined the interim government as Minister for Health and State Minister for Health respectively.
Constituent Assembly election and dissolution
The party contested the
2008 Constituent Assembly elections and gained seven seats; two in
direct elections
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, five from
party list
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, in the
1st Constituent Assembly.
Narayan Kaji Shrestha
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was later nominated to the Constituent Assembly taking their total to eight seats.
In August 2008, Sherchan was deposed as chairman of Janamorcha Nepal and suspended for three months, after having urged support for
Ram Baran Yadav
Ram Baran Yadav (; Nepali: डा. राम वरण यादव; born 4 February 1948) is a Nepali politician and physician who served as the first president of Nepal from 23 July 2008 to 29 October 2015, following the declaration of repub ...
in the
presidential election
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. Lila Mani Pokhrel was appointed acting chairman by the Central Committee of Janamorcha Nepal.
In October 2008, the Janamorcha Nepal and its mother party,
CPN (Centre–Masal) merged with
CPN (Maoist)
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* Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), between 1996 and 2009 named the "Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)"
* Communist Party of Nepal (Revolutionary Maoist), founded June 2012
* Communist Party ...
to form the
Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) (), abbreviated CPN (Maoist Centre) or CPN (MC), is the third largest political party in Nepal and a member party of Samajbadi Morcha. It was founded in 1994 after breaking away from the Communi ...
.
Amik Sherchan
Amik Sherchan (born 1944) is a Nepalese politician and former Governor of Lumbini Province of Nepal. He is former chairman of Janamorcha Nepal. He served as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population of Nepal in the interim ...
, Lila Mani Pokharel and
Giriraj Mani Pokharel were inducted into the Standing Committee of the new party.
Electoral performance
See also
*
All Nepal Democratic Youth Association
References
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