Baburam Bhattarai: A promising personality lost in the lust for power

On September 26, 2015, Baburam Bhattarai did the unthinkable. Bhattarai, who had spent most of his adult life as a key leader of the Maoist Centre, quit the party . His reason? He felt he had been cheated on by other leaders of the party.

Leaving the Maoist party, he said he no longer had the thirst for power. He even went on to say how he was running away from power politics and dedicating his life to mission politics.