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One source told IPS that the chairman of the UCPN-Maoist, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, known as "Prachanda", currently the most powerful political personality in the country, has been particularly offended by the repeated calls by Gautam, Dixit and Pyakurel...
The Maoists, who took up arms on February 13, 1996 to topple the monarchy, were instrumental in declaring Nepal a republic after centuries of monarchy in 2008. Amid deepening differences in the ultra-left organisation, chairman Prachanda "ruled out the...
One of the four remaining founders of the Nepalese Communist Party, Nar Bahadur Karmacharya (C) wipes off red vermillion powder smeared on the tip of the nose of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) leader Mohan Baidhya (L) as Maoist Chairman... View Photo »
The prime minister and Prachanda [Dahal] assured us that they would think of other alternative only if the peace process does not move forward and if drafting of constitution fails
Nepal, Unified Communist party of Nepal - Maoist Chairman, Pushpa Kamal Dahal - Prachanda has warned of launching a revolt if attempts are made to revive the constitution of 1990. Addressing a function to mark the 17th People’s War at a function in...
The Maoist party today underlined the need for unity in the organisation, amid speculation of deepening differences as the former rebels marked 17th anniversary of the "peoples'' war" which began in 1996. Chairman Prachanda "ruled out the possibility...
Maoist chief Prachanda, CPN-UML President Jhala Nath Khanal and Nepali Congress Vice-President Ram Chandra Poudel. Tamrat, the Director of the UN Department of Political Affairs, urged Prachanda to play a leading role in concluding the six-year-long...
Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal known as Prachanda waves to the crowd during a mass meeting organised by Maoists to mark the 17th anniversary of the start of their 'people's war', in Kathmandu on February 13, 2012. ... View Photo »
Normally, the statement should be issued by UCPN-M chief Prachanda or party spokesperson Dinanath Sharma. But while Prachanda is now busy mending his relation with India, Sharma is a minister and any statement by him would be seen as a government view
The alleged nexus between the owner and tenant-on-paper on one hand, and the suspected buyer on the other, is also under scrutiny. The suspected buyer, Ajaya Sumargi, a businessman-cum-power broker, lives in Kathmandu’s posh Baneshwar locality, where...
RIJAL: The agreement is very clear and there can be no exception to the agreement and I'm sure the Maoist understand that. No matter how much noise they make now at the end of the day they will have to meet the terms that no more than six thousand five...
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Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal known as Prachanda waves to the crowd during a mass meeting organised by Maoists to mark the 17th anniversary of the start of their 'people's war', in Kathmandu on February 13, 2012. The bloody war waged by former...
View Photo »Chairman of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (UCPN-Maoist) Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, greets the audience during a rally marking the 17th anniversary of the "People's War" in Kathmandu February 13, 2012. According to local media, thousands of communist supporters...
View Photo »Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda (C), gestures during a session in parliament in Kathmandu on August 29, 2011. Nepal's lawmakers agreed to extend the term of the country's parliament for another three months to try to finally...
View Photo »Nepal's newly elected prime minister Baburam Bhattarai (R) shakes the hand of Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ,also known as Prachanda (L), at the parliament in Kathmandu on August 28, 2011. Senior Maoist party leader Bhattarai was elected as...
View Photo »Nepal's newly elected Prime Minister Dr. Baburam Bhattarai (R) shakes hands with United Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda (L) after Bhattarai was elected as Nepal's 35th Prime Minister at the Parliament in Kathmandu August 28, 2011. Nepal's...
View Photo »Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda (C) walks with officials as he arrives to meet Zhou Yongkang a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary...
View Photo »Chairman of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, arrives for a meeting with China's Politburo Standing Committee Member Zhou Yongkang in Kathmandu August 16, 2011. A high-level Chinese delegation led by Zhou will hold talks on...
View Photo »Outgoing Nepalese Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal (L) shakes hands with Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda (R), at the parliament in Kathmandu on August 15, 2011. Khanal, the chairman of Unified Marxist Leninist party,...
View Photo »Political rivals Ram Chandra Poudel (L), vice president of the Nepali Congress party, and Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as 'Prachanda' (R), gesture during the 12th National General Convention in Kathmandu on September 17, 2010. Nepal's...
View Photo »United Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda smiles during the voting procedure of the Constituent Assembly term extension at the Parliament in Kathmandu August 29, 2011. The election of Baburam Bhattarai, a senior leader of the former rebels who waged...
View Photo »Unified Communist Party of Nepal Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal (C), also known as Prachanda and vice chairman Baburam Bhattarai (C) talk to journalists after Bhattarai filed candidacy for the prime ministerial election at the parliament in Kathmandu on August 26, 2011. Nepal's parliament...
View Photo »Senior leader of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Dr. Baburam Bhattarai (C) waits to file his nomination paper for the Prime Minister's post with Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" (R) and Vice President of Maoist Narayan Kaji Shrestha "Prakash" in Kathmandu August 26, 2011.
View Photo »Unified Communist Party of Nepal Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal (C), also known as Prachanda, addresses journalists while party leaders Baburam Bhattarai (L),Mohan Baidhya (2-L),Ram Bahdur Thapa (R) and Nar Bahadur Karmacharya (2-R), one of four remaining founders of the Nepalese...
View Photo »Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" smiles while arriving for a news conference at their party office in Kathmandu August 25, 2011. Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) on Thursday brought out a proposal to integrate 8,000 combatants within one and...
View Photo »Nepalese Prime Minister Jhalnath Khanal (L), vice President Parmananda Jha (2L), Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal also known as Prachanda (3L), Nepalese President Ram Baran Yadav (C), Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Information and...
View Photo »China's Politburo Standing Committee Member Zhou Yongkang (R) receives a gift from chairman of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, during their meeting in Kathmandu August 16, 2011. A high-level Chinese delegation led by Zhou will...
View Photo »A security guard of Chairman of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, carries a gift for China's Politburo Standing Committee Member Zhou Yongkang in Kathmandu August 16, 2011. A high-level Chinese delegation led by Zhou will hold...
View Photo »Nepalese ethnic Tharu minority activists burn an effigy of Nepal's Prime Minister Puspa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, while demonstrating in Kathmandu on January 30, 2009. The protesters, belonging to the ethnic Tharu community from Nepal's southern plains, demanded greater...
View Photo »Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" arrives to give a news conference at the party office in Kathmandu July 31, 2011. The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) said they decided to wait until Monday for the cabinet reshuffle before deciding whether to...
View Photo »Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal "Prachanda" (C) with Vice President of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Narayan Kaji Shrestha "Prakash" (L) and General Secretary of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Ram Bahadur Thapa "Badal" speaks to the media during a...
View Photo »Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal (C), also known as Prachanda, attends a press conference with party leaders Naryan Kaji Shrestha (L) and Ram Bahadur Thapa (R) in Kathmandu on July 31, 2011. Nepal's Maoist party vowed to pull out of the government if...
View Photo »Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, addresses a press conference in Kathmandu on July 31, 2011. Nepal's Maoist party vowed to pull out of the government if the premier fails to appoint its lawmakers as cabinet ministers,...
View Photo »Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal (C), also known as Prachanda, addresses journalists while party leaders Naryan Kaji Shrestha (L) and Ram Bahadur Thapa (R) look on during a press conference in Kathmandu on July 31, 2011. Nepal's Maoist party vowed to...
View Photo »Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as 'Prachanda' (C), arrives for the new government's budget for the fiscal year 2011/2012 outside the Constituent Assembly Building in Kathmandu on July 15, 2011. The total expenditure for the upcoming...
View Photo »Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal (C), also known as 'Prachanda', attends a parliament session in Kathmandu on May 28, 2011. Nepal's ruling parties held 11th-hour talks on Saturday to try to avert a fresh political crisis, ahead of the expiry of...
View Photo »Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal known as Prachanda waves to the crowd during a mass meeting organised by Maoists to mark the 17th anniversary of the start of their 'people's war', in Kathmandu on February 13, 2012. The bloody war waged by former...
View Photo »The prime minister and Prachanda [Dahal] assured us that they would think of other alternative only if the peace process does not move forward and if drafting of constitution fails
Normally, the statement should be issued by UCPN-M chief Prachanda or party spokesperson Dinanath Sharma. But while Prachanda is now busy mending his relation with India, Sharma is a minister and any statement by him would be seen as a government view
Normally, the statement should be issued by UCPN-M chief Prachanda or party spokesperson Dinanath Sharma. But while Prachanda is now busy mending his relation with India, Sharma is a minister and any statement by him would be seen as a government view
