Mohan Bikram Singh Recalls Relationship with Late Nirmal Lama

Kathmandu. General Secretary of the Communist Party of Nepal (Masal), Mohan Bikram Singh, said that there was a relationship of struggle and unity between him and the late leftist leader Nirmal Lama. Speaking at a program organized in Kathmandu on Sunday on the occasion of the 26th Nirmal Lama Memorial Day, Singh said that his death caused great damage to the leftist and democratic movements.

"He has a long contribution to the leftist and democratic movements of Nepal. There is great importance in the communist movement. Despite our differences, we had a close relationship. We also worked together in the दरभंगा plenum. He made a significant contribution in favor of the Constituent Assembly," said Singh, "Especially after 2025 BS, he played an important role in uniting the party. In 2031 BS, the fourth general convention of the Communist Party of Nepal was held. That party was the big party. In the process of working in the party, we had differences. But there was a relationship of difference and integration."

Singh recalled that they had serious differences on issues such as utilizing the Panchayat elections and the perspective on the Nepali Congress.

He recalled that the party was divided in 2040 BS when he and Lama were not present. Singh said that the division caused great damage to the leftist movement.

He also asserted that they had a close relationship in the last phase of Lama's life.