 The original faction of the JTMM was formed in July 2004 by Jaya Krishna Goit after splitting from the CPN-M. Goit had been a former leader of the Unified Marxist Leninist Party (UML) and the coordinator of the Madhesi National Liberation Front within the CPN-M. Goit accused the Maoist leadership of betraying the Madhesi people, and began to directly and violently oppose the CPN-M.The Goit faction is believed to comprise about a thousand main supporters; Goit's main lieutenant is Pawan Singh.Jwala Singh is the leader of one JTMM splinter group, the JTMM-J.