Nepal Workers Peasants Party
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{{Infobox_Nepalese_Political_Party |
party_name = Nepal Workers Peasants Party |
devanagari_name = नेपाल मजदुर किसान पार्टी |
party_logo = |
leader = |
president = [[Narayan Man Bijukchhe]] |
secretary = |
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ideology = [[Communism]] |
international = |
colours = |
colorcode = red |
headquarters = [[Bhaktapur]] |
students = [[Nepal Revolutionary Students Union]] |
youth = [[Nepal Revolutionary Youth Union]] |
women = |
labour = [[Nepal Revolutionary Workers Union]] |
peasants = |
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electoral_symbol = [[Image:Nmkp-electionsymbol2064.PNG]] |
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[[Image:Nwppbhaktapur.JPG|thumb|left|NWPP wall-painting in [[Bhaktapur]]]]'''Nepal Workers Peasants Party''' ({{lang-ne|नेपाल मजदुर किसान पार्टी}}, abbreviated नेमकिपा) is a [[communism|communist]] [[political party]] in [[Nepal]]. The party president is [[Narayan Man Bijukchhe]] alias 'Comrade Rohit'. NWPP has a strong base in the [[Bhaktapur]] area, but limited presence otherwise. Rohit and Sunil Prajapati are Members of Parliament of the party.
==History==
The party was founded in the late [[1970s]], as the '''Nepal Workers' and Peasants' Organisation''' (नेपाल मजदुर किसान संगठन). NPWO united Rohit's group (Rohit had broken away from the [[Communist Party of Nepal (Pushpa Lal)]] in protest over [[Pushpa Lal Shrestha]]'s support for [[India]]n intervention in [[East Pakistan]]), the [[Proletarian Revolutionary Organisation, Nepal]] and the [[Kisan Samiti]]. The organ of NWPO was ''Majdur-Kisan''. In 1976 the Western Regional Committee published ''Rato Jhanda''.
In 1981 NWPO suffered a severe split, and two separate NWPOs came into existence. One NWPO led by Rohit (which later took the name NWPP) and one [[Nepal Workers and Peasants Organisation (Hareram Sharma)|NWPO led by Hareram Sharma]].<ref name="rawal">Rawal, Bhim Bahadur. ''Nepalma samyabadi andolan: udbhab ra vikas''. Kathmandu: Pairavi Prakashan. Chart nr. 1.</ref> The current party is a continuation of Rohit's NWPO.
Rohit's NWPO formed part of the [[United Left Front (Nepal) (1990)|United Left Front]] and had took part in the 1990 [[Jana Andolan]] uprising. It took part in the formation of the [[Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal]], but left just ahead of the [[Nepalese legislative elections, 1991|1991 election]].<ref>Upreti, B.C.. ''The Maoist Insurgency in Nepal: Nature, Growth and Impact''. In South Asian Survey 13:1 (2006), page 37</ref> The group changed its name to the Nepal Workers Peasants Party, and contested the election separately. It launched 30 candidates, out of whom two were elected. The party got 91335 votes (1.25%).
Ahead of the 1992 elections to local bodies NWPP took part in forming a front together with the Samyukta Janamorcha Nepal, [[Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist)]], [[Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist) (1991)|Communist Party of Nepal (15 September 1949)]] and [[Nepal Communist League]].<ref>Hoftun, Martin, William Raeper and John Whelpton. People, politics and ideology: Democracy and Social Change in Nepal. Kathmandu: Mandala Book Point, 1999. p. 190</ref>
==Current situation==
[[Image:Nemakipamuralbhaktapur2006- (11).JPG|thumb|250px|NWPP mural in Bhaktapur]]
In the [[Nepalese legislative election, 1999|parliamentary election]] held on [[3 May|3]] and [[16 May]] [[1999]], the party won 0.6 % of the popular vote and 1 out of 205 seats.
NWPP was active in the protest movements against undemocratic regression in [[Nepal]] and is a member of the [[Seven Party Alliance]] which spearheaded the 2006 [[Loktantra Andolan]]. After the restoration of democratic system, the party decided not to join the government (which it was invited to do), but stayed in the Seven Party Alliance (later converted into the [[Eight Party Alliance]]). When the [[interim legislature of Nepal|interim legislature]] was formed in January 2007, Rohit was joined by three nominated MPs: [[Lila Nyaichai]] (Bhaktapur), [[Sunil Prajapati]] (Bhaktapur) and [[Jagya Bahadur Shahi]] (Dailekh).<ref>[http://www.parliament.gov.np/memberhr.htm name list of mp<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==Mass Organizations==
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* Nepal Revolutionary Youths' Union
* [[Nepal Revolutionary Students' Union]]
* Nepal Revolutionary Women's Union
* Nepal Revolutionary Teachers' Union
* Nepal Revolutionary Peasants' Union
==References==
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