KATHMANDU: Senior leader of CPN (Unified Socialist), Jhala Nath Khanal, has reiterated that the party has failed to justify its split from the former parent party, CPN-UML, four years ago.
This follows a recent interview where Khanal commented on the party’s leadership and relevance, prompting Chair Madhav Kumar Nepal to warn him to “leave the party.” The rift has now spilled into the public, exposing growing internal tensions.
Speaking to journalists on Saturday, Khanal reflected on the party’s initial intentions and current shortcomings.
“We revolted four years ago,” Khanal said. “The goal was to build the most revolutionary communist party in the country, one with a clear direction, policy, and ideology centered on socialism, and dedicated to the liberation of the oppressed.”
However, he admitted the party has not lived up to its promises and failed to challenge the dominant right-wing opportunism in Nepal’s communist movement.
“We claimed we would build a truly revolutionary Marxist-Leninist and scientific socialist party, but four years have passed and we haven’t moved forward accordingly,” Khanal stated. “Neither in direction, nor in policy or practice. We haven’t even been able to properly criticize or refute right-wing opportunism. Responsibility is given to no one, and no one takes it either.”
His remarks come amid increasing calls for clarity and accountability within the party as it struggles with internal disunity and stagnation.
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