Mohan Baidya is the chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal, a new party formed in 2012 by a splinter group from the Unified Communist Party of Nepal. Baidya became the main leader of the Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal), when that party was formed in 1985. It was founded on 19 June 2012 and is currently led by Chairman Mohan Baidya (commonly known as Kiran). The faction was compelled to form a new party as the UCPN-M Chairman Prachanda (Pushpa Kamal Dahal) and Vice-Chairman and Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai deviated from the party line.
