{"id":111550,"date":"2026-10-05T16:29:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T10:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/?p=111550"},"modified":"2026-10-05T17:23:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T11:38:20","slug":"jhalanath-khanal-quits-cpn-announces-socialist-awakening-campaign-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/en\/2026\/10\/05\/111550\/","title":{"rendered":"Jhalanath Khanal quits CPN, announces &#8216;Socialist Awakening Campaign&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p>Kathmandu. Former Prime Minister and leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN), Jhalanath Khanal, has announced a &#8216;Socialist Awakening Campaign&#8217; after quitting the party. <\/p>\n<p> Addressing a press conference in Kathmandu on Monday, Khanal announced his separation from the party and launched the &#8216;Socialist Awareness Campaign&#8217;. The first meeting of the Khanal-led campaign has also passed 15 different resolutions. He said that the campaign has been announced with the aim of restructuring the communist movement ideologically. <\/p>\n<p> It was decided to hold a meeting on Saturday under his leadership. The decision passed by the same meeting and the campaign were made public through a press conference on Monday. <\/p>\n<p> Recalling the situation during the formation of the party, Khanal said, &#8220;I was the happiest when the NCP was formed. I thought that this party would transform itself. We had hoped that the way we had been telling the people while building the party, it would be fulfilled.&#8221; He said that the party could not work as per the people&#8217;s expectations and even the parliament with a two-thirds majority would be dissolved. <\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But the time came to dissolve even the parliament with a two-thirds majority. Even after that, the party was not able to implement the policies and programs in a people-oriented manner. The party does not have close relations with the people and it will inevitably face defeat on all sides,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p> Khanal said that there was no alternative to socialism and all the leftist forces should be brought together. <\/p>\n<p> He said, &#8220;Now there is no other option to go to socialism. Therefore, we are starting this campaign to bring all the leftists together by launching a socialist awakening campaign.&#8221; He said that the campaign was to unite all the communists in the country. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The campaign is to unite all the communists in the country. It is to get rid of the right-wing incitement that is now dominating,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p> Claiming that the campaign would play a role in unifying the communist movement in Nepal, he said, &#8220;This campaign will be forgotten only by unifying the communist movement of Nepal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2019<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p> <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/arthakhabar. com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/photo-4_f5371340-1024x576. jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/arthakhabar. com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/photo-3_8e981db8-1024x576. jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/arthakhabar. com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/photo-2_0ef5ee00-1024x576. jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-large\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/> <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu. Former Prime Minister and leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN), Jhalanath Khanal, has announced a &#8216;Socialist Awakening Campaign&#8217; after quitting the party. Addressing a press conference in Kathmandu on Monday, Khanal announced his separation from the party and launched the &#8216;Socialist Awareness Campaign&#8217;. 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