Repolarisation of alternative forces is the right way forward

Balendra Shah should be more open and transparent, interact with people and get involved in debates.

Baburam Bhattarai, the Nepal Samajwadi Party (Naya Shakti) chairman and former prime minister, used to be the second most powerful leader in the CPN (Maoist), which had waged an armed insurgency (1996-2006). After joining mainstream politics, he became a popular finance minister and later prime minister. Once a powerful leader, Bhattarai now leads a fringe party without a single seat in federal parliament. The Post ’s Thira Lal Bhusal sat down with Bhattarai to discuss the dynamics of emergence of new political parties and his plans for a political comeback.