Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party

The Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party (BKP; Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ཀུན་མཉམ་ཚོགས་པ, lit.'Bhutan Everyone-Equal Party') was a social democratic political party in Bhutan. Its President from May 2017 to July 2020[2] was Dasho Neten Zangmo, who took over from Sonam Tobgay, the President from 2013 to 2017.[3] Neten Zangmo was provisionally replaced by vice-president Sonam Tobgay until a new party convention was held.[2]

Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party
འབྲུག་ཀུན་མཉམ་ཚོགས་པ
AbbreviationBKP
Registered3 January 2013
Dissolved23 January 2023
HeadquartersThimphu
Ideology
Political positionCentre-left
Election symbol
Five Colourful Circles
Website
www.bkp.bt

The BKP was favourable to same-sex marriage. It included the rights of LGBT+ people in its program for the general election of 2018.[4]

The BKP submitted a request to the Election Commission of Bhutan in January 2023 asking to dissolve the party, following the failure for several years to name a new party president and difficulties in finding candidates for the 2023 election.[5][6]

References

  1. "BKP Charter (Articles 4.1.4 and 4.1.8)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2015.
  2. "Dasho Neten Zangmo exits BKP". Kuensel Online. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  3. "Dasho Neten Zangmo is BKP President". KuenselOnline. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  4. "Bhutan prepares to repeal its anti-gay laws". Erasing 76 Crimes. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2022.
  5. "Bhutan Kuen-Nyam Party (BKP) stands deregistered as a Political Party". ECB. 23 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  6. Subba, MB. "Uncertainty over BKP's participation in 2023 election". Kuensel. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
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