Between 2011 and 2015, Prachanda’s Maoist party, once the largest, split into four different groups. He became the general secretary of CPN (Unity Center) in 1992 and general secretary of CPN (Maoist) in 1995. When he became prime minister in 2008, he was widely criticised for purchasing and sleeping in a bed that cost 100,000 rupees. Born into a simple lower-middle class family on December 11, 1954, in Kaski district, Prachanda was the first prime minister of Nepal Republic in 2008. In the wake of the political crisis that ensued, Prachanda resigned from the post of prime minister.

Source: Hindustan Times August 03, 2016 09:40 UTC