Narayan Man Bijukchhe

Narayan Man Bijukchhe (Nepali: नारायणमान बिजुक्छे, party name 'Rohit';[1] born March 9, 1939[2][3][4]) is a Nepalese politician. Bijukchhe is the president of the Nepal Workers and Peasants Party.

Narayan Man Bijukchhe
Chairman of Nepal Workers Peasants Party
Assumed office
January 1975
Preceded byPosition established
Member of Pariament for Bhaktapur 1
In office
May 1991 – 14 October 2017
Preceded byConstituency established
Succeeded byPrem Suwal
Personal details
Born (1939-03-09) 9 March 1939
Sukuldhoka, 5 Bhaktapur
CitizenshipNepalese
NationalityNepalese
Political partyNepal Workers and Peasants Party
Other political
affiliations		CPN (Pushpa Lal)
Communist Party of Nepal
Spouse(s)Shova Pradhan
Children2
Dr. Subeg M Bijukchhen
Suban Bijukchhe
Parents
  • Ganesh Man Bijukchhe
  • Surya Maya Bijukchhe
ResidenceKamalbinayak, Bhaktapur
OccupationTeacher, Politician
ProfessionLeader
Nickname(s)Rohit

Life and career

Bijukchhe was born in Sukuldhoka, Nepal. He became a communist sympathizer after seeing the relief work of Communist Party of Nepal cadres during floods in Rautahat around 1954. Around 1956 he joined the Students Federation and became a Communist Party member the following year. Bijukchhe became a prominent figure in the agrarian struggles in the Dhanusa, Parsa and Rautahat districts. In 1961 he became the president of the Students Union at Bhaktapur College.[2][4]

In the early 1970s, Bijukchhe became a Central Committee member of Pushpa Lal Shrestha's Communist Party of Nepal. He was put in charge of the Bagmati, Narayani and Janakpur zone.[2] He went against the leadership of Pushpa Lal Shrestha. narayan man Bijukchhe criticized the decision of Pushpa Lal and the party to support the Indian intervention in East Pakistan, the policy of seeking cooperation with Nepali Congress and the failure of the party to condemn the Soviet Union as imperialist.[1]

In 1975 he founded the Nepal Workers and Peasants Organisation (which later became the Nepal Workers and Peasants Party).[2][5] The influence of the group remained largely confined to Bhaktapur, but in that area it became successful in mobilizing tenants and gaining influence inside panchayat institutions.[6]

During the 1990s, Bijukchhe was elected to parliament three times, in 1991, 1994 and 1999.[2] In 2006, Bijukchhe was one of the signatories of the historic agreement between the Seven Party Alliance and the Communist Party of Nepal. In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, Bijukchhe won the Bhaktapur-1 seat with 19,972 votes, thus having won a seat in all national elections since the 1990 Jana Andolan.[7] Bijukchhe has emerged as a strong critic of the proposal to divide Nepal into ethnic and linguistic states, arguing that such a federalist concept might produce violent conflicts.[4][8]

On June 12, 2010 Bijukchhe withdrew his support to the coalition government led by Madhav Kumar Nepal.[9]

He was a member of the 2nd Nepalese Constituent Assembly. He won the Bhaktapur–1 seat in the 2013 Constituent Assembly election as a candidate of the Nepal Workers and Peasants Party.[10][11][12] In 2017 November, he said he had decided not to contest in the 2017 Nepalese legislative election as he wanted to give chance to the new generation of leaders.[13][14]

References
  1. Parajulee, Ramjee P. The Democratic Transition in Nepal. Rowman & Littlefield, 2000. p. 57
  2. Name: Narayan Man Bijukchhe alias 'Rohit'
  3. Whelpton, John. A History of Nepal. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. p. 239
  4. Maoists are fooling people: Bijukchhe
  5. Rawal, Bhim Bahadur. Nepalma samyabadi andolan: udbhab ra vikas. Kathmandu: Pairavi Prakashan. Chart no. 1.
  6. Whelpton, John. A History of Nepal. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. p. 106
  7. Carter Center. Observing the 2008 Nepal Constituent Assembly Election
  8. Bijukchhe opposes ethnic division
  9. Bijukchhe withdraws support to govt
  10. "MyRepublica :: Election Special". MyRepublica.com. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  11. "Nepalnews.com - News from Nepal as it happens :: Elected Members". Nepalnews.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  12. "Election candidate - Narayan Man Bijukchhe". Ujyaaloonline.com. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  13. "'Ever-winning' Narayan Man Bijukchhe chooses not to contest polls this time – OnlineKhabar". english.onlinekhabar.com. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  14. "Bijukchhe to retire from elections". Retrieved 2018-01-17.
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