- Rajesh Tyagi/ 19.5.2018
On May 17, 2018, two major leftwing parties in Nepal- CPN UML and CPN Maoist Centre, got merged into one, launching the new Communist Party of Nepal. The two parties declared the unification at a press conference in City Hall on Thursday evening.
The unification has come at the end of months’ long negotiations between the two parties.
CPN-UML Chairman K.P. Sharma Oli and Maoist Centre Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal signed the agreement and declared the merger and formation of a single communist party in the Himalayan country.
The new party has been registered at the Election Commission after the CPN-UML and the CPN Maoist Centre dissolved their respective central committees.
The Unification is a sequel to the seven point deal signed between the two parties on February 20, this year, paving the way for merger.
As per the deal, there will be 43 standing committee members in the new party which includes 25 from CPN-UML and 18 from CPN Maoist Centre.
The unification has come at the end of months’ long negotiations between the two parties.
CPN-UML Chairman K.P. Sharma Oli and Maoist Centre Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal signed the agreement and declared the merger and formation of a single communist party in the Himalayan country.
The new party has been registered at the Election Commission after the CPN-UML and the CPN Maoist Centre dissolved their respective central committees.
The Unification is a sequel to the seven point deal signed between the two parties on February 20, this year, paving the way for merger.
As per the deal, there will be 43 standing committee members in the new party which includes 25 from CPN-UML and 18 from CPN Maoist Centre.
