Kathmandu : After entering the peace process completion the ten years of people’s war, the then CPN-Maoist had five ministers in the interim government, including 83 nominated parliamentarians. Of the 13 governments formed since then, party chief Prachanda and leader Baburam Bhattarai have had the opportunity to lead in three of them. The Maoists, who have been in power for almost 11 years after participating in nine governments, have repeatedly become more than 90 leaders as ministers.

At present, there are seven ministers in the Deuba-led coalition government. Two of them have already been appointed. Newly-appointed Finance Minister Janadarshan Sharma has twice served as Home and Peace Minister. This is the third time that Pampha Bhusal has become the energy minister.

The Maoists have a long list of ministers. That is why almost all the parliamentarians claim that they have not been able to become ministers and leaders like themselves at this time and that they have done a good job when they were ministers or have not been able to become ministers for a long time.

In a public program on Saturday, party Chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda said, “I have terror in my mind – who should be made a minister and who should not be made a minister.”

‘I have come from the crowd of people pressuring me to become a minister. There is terror in my mind – who should be made a minister, who should not be made a minister. All our 49 MPs need a minister. If we get more, it is seven. If you don’t become a minister here, the tendency to curse the leadership is strong, within the current trend. Or, if you get a lucrative appointment, it is fine, if you don’t get it, you don’t have to say that the leadership is bad. I have been under the same mental stress since nowadays. Everyone wants to be made, even if only 49 people could be made ministers, that will not happen. Everyone should have a revolutionary party like this, loyalty like this, ideal like this. But, what matters is whether the minister is found or not? If found, it is fine, if not, it is not fine. This is the culture of today. This is our culture today.’ Prachanda described his MPs tendency.

Thus, Prachanda made public the psychoanalysis of the party leaders. Currently, there are 49 MPs in the House of Representatives and 13 in the National Assembly, including Chairman Prachanda. As Prachanda is the former prime minister and party Chairman, everyone except him has claimed that he should be allowed to become a minister.

Prachanda himself is a former prime minister. Agni Sapkota is the Speaker and Shashikala Shrestha (Dahal) is the Vice President of the National Assembly. Apart from these three, all 60 MPs are aspiring for ministers.
It has been made public that some aspirants have threatened the party leadership with suicide if they are not allowed to become ministers.

During the ten-year-long armed people’s war, the CPN (M) leader Prachanda, who was trained in iron discipline and led by the party but now chairman Prachanda, must be terrorized.
“If there is political and moral training in the party, the leader does not always look for a minister, he thinks that something should be done for the society. However, the structure of the leaders was such that they had to fight for the seat. That is the result now, ‘says political analyst Shyam Shrestha.

“The current political system is such that leaders have no time to think about anything other than going to office to make money and earning wealth after charging to office. This kind of circle of post-money and money-post, which has badly polluted the Maoist leaders and cadres political analyst Lokraj Baral said. This is a matter of great concern, concludes Baral.

After joining the peace process, the Maoists joined the interim government led by Girija Prasad Koirala in 2063 BS. There were six Maoist ministers in the government. In 2065, there were 14 ministers in the Pushpa Kamal Dahal prachada-led government. In 2067 the government led by Jhala Nath Khanal was reshuffled to become 14 ministers and 6 ministers of state. Similarly, in 069 BS, there were 13 ministers in the government led by Dr. Baburam Bhattarai. In 2072, there were seven ministers in the KP Sharma Oli-led government and in 2073, there were four ministers in the Prachanda-led government.

Then in 20744, there were six ministers in the Sher Bahadur Deuba-led government. Similarly, the KP Oli-led government formed after the 2074 general election had ten ministers with reshuffle.

After the peace process, the Maoists did not participate in the government led by Madhav Kumar Nepal in 2067, Khil Raj Regmi in 2069, Sushil Koirala in 2070 and KP Oli in 2078 (5 months).

How many Maoist ministers in which government?

Girija Prasad Koirala in 2063: 6
Krishna Bahadur Mahara – Minister for Information and Communication, Dev Prasad Gurung – Minister for Local Development, Matrika Prasad Yadav – Minister for Forests and Land Conservation, Hisila Yami – Minister for Physical Planning and Management, Khadga Bahadur Vishwakarma – Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare, Giriraj Mani Pokhrel – Minister for Health and Population

Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda in 2065: 14
Baburam Bhattarai – Minister of Finance, Ram Bahadur Thapa – Minister of Defense, Krishna Bahadur Mahara – Minister of Information and Communication, Dev Prasad Gurung – Minister of Law, Justice and Constituent Assembly, Matrika Prasad Yadav – Minister of Land Reforms and Management, Pampha Bhusal – Minister of General Administration, Hisila Yami – Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation, Giriraj Mani Pokharel – Minister of Health and Population, Janardan Sharma – Minister of Peace and Reconstruction, Gopal Kiranti – Minister of Culture and State Restructuring, Ramchandra Jha – Minister of Local Development, Lekhraj Bhatt – Minister of Labor and Transport, Ganesh Shah – Minister of Environment, Science and Technology, Mahendra Paswan – Minister of Land Reforms and Management

Jhala Nath Khanal in 068: 8 Ministers, 5 Ministers of State
Krishna Bahadur Mahara – Home Minister, Top Bahadur Rayamajhi – Minister for Physical Planning and Works, Agni Prasad Sapkota – Minister for Information and Communication, Shakti Bahadur Basnet – Minister for Health and Population, Khadga Bahadur Vishwakarma – Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation, Jaipuri Gharti – Minister for Women, Children and Social Welfare, Mahendra Paswan – Minister for Industry, Prabhu Sah – Minister of Law and Justice,
Ministers of State: Haqiqullah Khan – Land Reforms and Management, Devi Khadka – Physical Planning and Construction, Dharmashila Chapagain – Health and Population, Larkyal Lama – Meaning.

068 : 6 Ministers, 1 Minister of State
Narayan Kaji Shrestha – Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister, Posta Bahadur Bogati – Minister of Information and Communication, Lokendra Bahadur Bista – Minister of Health and Population, Pampha Bhusal – Minister of Peace and Reconstruction, Hisila Yami – Minister of Land Reforms and Management, Lekhraj Bhatt – Minister of Science and Technology,
Minister of State: Onsari Gharti – Youth and Sports
Baburam Bhattarai in 068: 7
Narayan Kaji – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Posta Bahadur Bogati – Minister of Energy, Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Top Bahadur Rayamajhi – Minister of Local Development, Varshaman Re-Finance Minister, Mahendra Paswan – Minister of Irrigation and Women, Children and Social Welfare, Prabhu Sah – Minister of Land Reforms and Management, Kamala Roka – Youth and Sports Minister.
068 Manipulation: 2
Gopal Kiranti – Minister for Federal Affairs, Constituent Assembly, Parliamentary Affairs and Culture, Lekhraj Bhatt – Minister for Commerce and Supplies.
068 Manipulation: 4
Dinanath Sharma – Minister of Education, Lokendra Vishta Magar – Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation, Kalpana Dhamla – Minister of Science and Technology, Satya Pahadi – Minister of Peace and Reconstruction

KP Sharma Oli in 072: 7
Top Bahadur Rayamajhi – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy, Giriraj Mani Pokhrel – Minister of Education, Agni Prasad Sapkota – Minister of Forest and Soil Conservation, Shakti Bahadur Basnet – Minister of Home Affairs, Haribol Prasad Gajurel – Minister of Agriculture Development, Rekha Sharma – Minister of General Administration, Ganeshman Re-Supply Minister
Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda in 073: 4
Krishna Bahadur Mahara – Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister, Gaurishankar Chaudhary – Agriculture Development Minister, Daljit Sripali – Youth and Sports Minister, Dhaniram Poudel: Education Minister
Sher Bahadur Deuba in 074: 6
Krishna Bahadur Mahara – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of External Affairs, Giriraj Mani Pokhrel – Minister of Health, Janardan Sharma – Minister of Home Affairs, Prabhu Sah – Minister of Urban Development, Shivkumar Mandal, Mahendra Bahadur Shahi – Minister of Energy.
KP Oli in 074: 8
Ram Bahadur Thapa – Home Minister, Varshaman Re-Energy Minister, Water Resources and Irrigation Minister, Giriraj Mani Pokhrel – Education, Science and Technology Minister, Matrika Prasad Yadav – Industry, Commerce and Supplies Minister, Shakti Bahadur Basnet – Minister for Forests and Environment Magar – Minister of Drinking Water

Sher Bahadur Deuba in 078: 2
Janardan Sharma – Finance Minister, Pampha Bhusal – Energy Minister
Now 5 more to be added.
Looking at this list, Krishna Bahadur Mahara has got the opportunity to be the highest minister 7 times, including DPM twice and Speaker, Giriraj Mani Pokharel 4 times, Pampha Bhusal 3 times, Janardan Sharma 3 times, Barshaman pun 3 times, his wife Onsari Ghartimagar once Minister and Speaker, Shakti Basnet 3 times. Matrika Yadav has been a minister three times, Top Bahadur Rayamajhi four times (now UML), Hisisala Yami five times (now JSP), Lekhraj Bhatt three times (now UML) and Ram Bahadur Thapa two times (now UML).

Dinanath Sharma, Haribol Gajurel and Ram Karki are the only one time ministers in the standing committee. Devendra Poudel, who is in the standing committee, has not become a minister yet. He was the chief political adviser to Baburam Bhattarai when he was prime minister.
Former People’s Liberation Army (PLA) commander Nanda Bahadur Pun has been re-elected as vice-president, Amik Sherchan as deputy prime minister and state chief, Purna Kumari Subedi as deputy speaker.
From the very beginning in the Maoist party till now, Baburam Bhattarai’s partner, Barshaman Pun’s partner, Ganeshman Pun’s partner, Shakti Basnet’s partner, minister and profit have been given to him many times.

Apart from Hitman Shakya and Amrita Thapa, Amrita Thapa, Devendra Parajuli and Kalpana Dhamla, Dhamala have become ministers. Prachanda’s daughter-in-law Bina Magar became a minister in the Oli government at an early age.
Currently, the number of ministers in the CPN (M) has decreased due to the fact that ministers cannot be appointed from outside the parliament and the government cannot appoint more than 25 ministers.
A large part of the Maoists are notorious for becoming ministers and making a fortune.

The number of ministers in the state government is not small. The Maoists have chief ministers in three provinces. Among them, Karnali Chief Minister Mahendra Bahadur Shahi is a leader who has also been the energy minister at the Center.
A Maoist standing committee member has claimed that more than two-thirds of these were involved in some kind of financial irregularity scandal.