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    The Bhutan Peoples' Party is a democratic socialist party founded in 1990 to represent the Nepali citizens of Bhutan who felt discriminated against by the Bhutanese monarchy. It was the first political party in Bhutan but was banned and forced into exile in Nepal. The party founder was assassinated in 2001 and the party was prevented from competing in Bhutan's 2008 elections, with only two pro-monarchy parties allowed.

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    The Bhutan Peoples' Party is a democratic socialist party founded in 1990 to represent the Nepali citizens of Bhutan who felt discriminated against by the Bhutanese monarchy. It was the first political party in Bhutan but was banned and forced into exile in Nepal. The party founder was assassinated in 2001 and the party was prevented from competing in Bhutan's 2008 elections, with only two pro-monarchy parties allowed.

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    Bhutan Peoples' Party

    The Bhutan Peoples' Party is a democratic socialist party, currently


    working in exile in Nepal. Founded on June 02, 1990 in West Bhutan Peoples' Party
    Bengal,[1] it was the pioneer political party in Bhutan. The Bhutan
    Peoples' Party was founded to represent the Nepali citizens of Bhutan,
    who felt discriminated against by the Bhutanese monarchy and under-
    represented in the institutions of the country.[1]

    Contents
    Overview
    See also Founded 2 June 1990
    Notes Headquarters Kathmandu,
    External links Nepal
    Ideology Democratic
    socialism
    Overview Political position Centre-left
    Party flag
    The Bhutan Peoples' Party was involved in the organization of mass
    protest rallies in the south of the country in September and October
    1990 in peaceful rallies ; the party was declared illegal by the absolute
    monarch and banned from the country along with other parties formed
    during the same period.[1][2]

    On September 9, 2001, party founder and first leader R.K. Budathoki


    was assassinated in a small town called Damak that lies in Jhapa
    Website
    district of eastern Nepal and a few miles away from Beldangi refugee
    www.bpparty.org (http://www.bppart
    camps.[1] y.org/)

    Still in exile in Nepal, the Bhutan Peoples' Party asked to be Politics of Bhutan
    registered as a political party when the Bhutanese government first Political parties
    introduced a multiparty system.[1] This request was turned down by Elections
    the Bhutanese Election Commission in January 2008, and the party
    was prevented from competing in Bhutan's first ever elections in March 2008.[1] Indeed, only two "loyal"
    (pro-monarchy) parties were allowed to compete.[1]

    See also
    List of political parties in Bhutan
    2008 Bhutanese general election
    Politics of Bhutan

    Notes
    1. ian macdonald [sic] (2009-05-30). "Bhutan Peoples' Party" (https://flagspot.net/flags/bt%7Dbpp.
    html). Flags of the World online. Archived (https://web.archive.org/web/20100922163216/http://f
    lagspot.net/flags/bt%7Dbpp.html) from the original on 22 September 2010. Retrieved
    2010-10-03.
    2. "Timeline: Bhutan" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1171693.stm). BBC News online.
    2010-05-05. Retrieved 2010-10-01.

    External links
    The Bhutan Peoples' Party (http://www.bhutanpeoplesparty.org/)

    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bhutan_Peoples%27_Party&oldid=996375516"

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