Madan Bhandari's birth anniversary being marked

Kathmandu, June 28: The 73rd birth anniversary of Madan Kumar Bhandari, then secretary-general of the CPN (UML), is being marked by organizing various programmes today to recall his contributions to Nepal's communist movement.

The Madan Bhandari Foundation is holding a seminar on People's Multiparty Democracy: Political Development and Stability this afternoon at the central office of the CPN (UML) in Chyasal, Lalitpur. Madan Bhandari Rastriya Puraskar is also being handed over at the event.

The People's Multiparty Democracy championed by Bhandari and tabled in the party's fifth national general convention is the guiding principle of the UML.

Born in Taplejung district in 2009 BS, Bhandari died in a road mishap at Dasdhunga of Chitwan while coming from Pokhara in 2050 BS.

Bhandari is considered an innovative explainer of Marxism and communist ideologue in Nepal's political spectrum.