“एमालेभित्र साँघुरिदै गएको जनवाद” (“Democracy is Shrinking Within the UML”)—from Online Khabar, published on 2082 Bhadra 20, which corresponds to September 5, 2025, in the Nepali calendar . Here’s a concise breakdown of what the author, Jhalak Suvedi, discusses: --- Main Themes & Observations 1. Framing "Democracy" (लोकतन्त्र) as “Jenavad” (जनवाद) Suvedi explains that the term जनवाद (jenavad) is more appropriate than लोकतन्त्र (loktantra) when discussing leftist or communist ideological traditions like the CPN-UML. "Jenavad" conveys a concept rooted in class struggle and ideological rigor, rather than bourgeois democracy . 2. The Historical Ideological Promise Drawing from Marxist-Leninist tradition, jenavad once aimed to integrate democratic practices within a disciplined party framework—encouraging open debate, criticism, and collective decision-making before unity . 3. Erosion of Internal Democracy Today, Suvedi argues, UML’s internal workings are dominated ...