Naya Shakti Initiative-Qatar, a new political force proposed by the former prime minister of Nepal, Dr Baburam Bhattarai, organised an interactive programme in Doha recently. Hisila Yami, one of the key leaders of the initiative, attended.
During the programme hosted by Dhruba Devkota, Yami said the Naya Shakti will play a role of a new political force to lead the country through economic growth. “Capitalist revolution brought republicanism and federalism in Nepal, still old political forces are working with old political culture and framework,” Yami said, “We need a new thought to create a paradigm shift in the country’s development roadmap. Yami said the new political force will be an amalgam of new ideology and new praxis for the socioeconomic prosperity of the Himalayan nation.” 
Two months after parting ways with United Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and after promulgation of statute of the nation by second Constituent Assembly (CA), former PM Dr Bhattarai launched the Naya Shakti Initiative. Dr Bhattarai is an ideologue and the principal architect of his former party that launched People’s War for over ten years. Yami is former deputy PM of the country and the wife of Dr Bhattarai. The Naya Shakti Initiative has been campaigning nationally and internationally to enlarge its political base.     
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by Usha Wagle Gautam