Mohan Chandra Adhikari

Mohan Chandra Adhikari
Personal details
NationalityNepali
Political partyCPN (UML)

Mohan Chandra Adhikari (Nepali: मोहनचन्द्र अधिकारी) is a former communist politician in Nepal. He is from a Brahmin family in Morang District. Adhikari studied B.A., but didn't appear in the final exams.[1] Adhikari had been a follower of Pushpa Lal Shrestha, but turned more radical than his mentor. Adhikari became a leader of the group in the Jhapa District Committee of the Communist Party which in the early 1970s intended to initiate a rebellion on the lines of the Naxalite insurgency in India.[2][3]

Adhikari was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was saved from death sentence through a royal pardon. Whilst in jail, he was associated with the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist). Adhikari would spend 17 years in prison. He was sometimes called the 'Nelson Mandela' of Nepal.[4][5]

After being released from jail, Adhikari became an advisory-member of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist).[6] He also represented the party in the Upper House of Parliament.[7] He was arrested during the 2006 Loktantra Andolan.[8]

Adhikari later broke with communism, and became a Hindu leader. After the declaration of Nepal as a secular state, Adhikari participated in a meeting organised by the Shivsena Nepal.[9]

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  2. ^ Mitra, Subrata Kumar/Enskat, Mike/Spiess, Clemens. Political parties in South Asia. Westport: Praeger, 2004. p. 306.
  3. ^ Rawal, Bhim. The Communist Movement in Nepal: Origin and Development. Kathmandu: Accham-Kathmandu Contact Forum, 2007. p. 91.
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  5. ^ Rawal, Bhim. The Communist Movement in Nepal: Origin and Development. Kathmandu: Accham-Kathmandu Contact Forum, 2007. p. 93, 97.
  6. ^ "The Himalayan Times: Breaking News, Views, Reviews, Sports, Business, Entertainment from Nepal". Archived from the original on 2006-03-01. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
  7. ^ "Nepal". Archived from the original on 2001-11-11. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
  8. ^ The Hindu : International : Hundreds arrested in Nepal
  9. ^ "Hindu communist - Nepali Times". Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2008-07-08.