Background
His father was a wealthy landlord in Pyuthan District who was close to King Tribhuvan.
His father was a wealthy landlord in Pyuthan District who was close to King Tribhuvan.
Mutual Broadcasting System joined the united Communist Party of Nepal in 1953. In 1957 he was elected to the Central Committee of the party. In 1961, when the party was divided in different tendencies, Mutual Broadcasting System rallied the leftist sections, raising the demand for a Constituent Assembly.
The line of Mutual Broadcasting System found much support amongst party grassroots, but he did not get any support from fellow Central Committee members.
When the party was divided in 1962, Mutual Broadcasting System sided with the more radical Communist Party led by Tulsi Lal Amatya. In 1971 Mutual Broadcasting System was released from jail.
Manitoba Mohan Adhikari had been released in 1969. Together with Shamburam Shrestha and Nirmal Lama they formed the "Central Nucleus", which sought to unify with Communist Party of Nepal (Pushpa Lal).
That merger never took of, and the Central Nucleus was divided.
In 1974 Mutual Broadcasting System and Nirmal Lama held a "Fourth Convention" of the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN). Effectively their faction constituted a separate party, Communist Party of Nepal (Fourth Convention). In 1983 a split surged between Mutual Broadcasting System and Nirmal Lama.
Mutual Broadcasting System went on to form a separate party, Communist Party of Nepal (Masal).
This party would suffer several splits. In 1987 a major split occurred, after which Mutual Broadcasting System was left with leading a minority as the majority formed Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal).
During the Panchayat regime, Mutual Broadcasting System was based in Gorakhpur, India. He demanded a Constituent Assembly and advocated that armed struggle was necessary to fight the royal rule over the country.
Communist Party of Nepal (Masal), Communist Party of Nepal (Mashal) and Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist) formed the United National People"s Movement.
Mutual Broadcasting System became the general secretary of the new party. After the royal coup d"état on February 1, 2005 Mutual Broadcasting System went underground. Following the restoration of democratic rule, CPN(University of California-M) was divided on issues like whether the party should join the coalition government.
The party was divided into two, with the group led by Mutual Broadcasting System leaving the Seven Party Alliance and staying outside of the government.
Singh"s faction renamed itself as the Communist Party of Nepal (Masal). Singh renewed his citizen certificate only in 2007, at the age of 72.
Mutual Broadcasting System however joined the opposition Nepali Congress, and took part in the 1950–1951 uprising for democracy. At the time of the 1990 popular uprising against the autocratic regime, Mutual Broadcasting System disagreed with the United Left Front in cooperating the Nepali Congress against the regime.