No other politician has changed his political colours so rapidly and each time won more recognition and enjoyed better prospects. However, this time as he embarks on a new political party, Baburam Bhattarai may not be as lucky. Bhattarai began his politics parallel to his student life, first in Chandigarh and then at JNU in the decade between the early 70s and the early 80s, as a human rights activist. After working as an urban planning consultant for few years, Bhattarai a PhD from JNU, became part of Nepal’s parliamentary exercise between 1991 and 1996. However, he was soon disillusioned and together with Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, authored a bloody war against the state with the objective to transform Nepal into a republic with the proletariat ruling it.
