Kathmandu. Unity has been announced between the Nepal Communist Party Maoist Center and various left-wing parties including the Unified Socialist Party of Nepal. In a special ceremony held today at Bhrikutimandap, unity was announced between the Left Party including Maoist Center, United Socialists, Nepal Samajwadi Party, Jana Samajwadi Party Nepal, Nepal Communist Party, CPN Maoist Socialist and CPN Communist.

After the declaration of unity, the unified party was named 'Nepali Communist Party'. Top leaders and workers including the coordinator of Maoist Center Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', President of United Socialist Party Madhav Kumar Nepal, senior leader of Maoist Narayan Kaji Shrestha, senior leader of United Socialist Party Vamdev Gautam, President of Nepal Samajwadi Party Mahendra Rai Yadav, General Secretary of Nepal Communist Party and other top leaders and activists participated in the unity declaration meeting.

The guiding principle of the unified party is Marxism-Leninism and the program is scientific socialism with Nepali characteristics. On this occasion, the party's election symbol 'Panchkune Tara' was announced.

On that occasion, Pramesh Hamal, a senior leader of the United Socialist Party and a member of the Unity Coordination Committee, said that the integration of the broad communist movement to fulfill the goals of the socialist revolution by achieving good governance, social justice, and economic transformation is the need of the day for unity among the various left components.

According to him, the strategy of the party at that time was to protect the achievements of the capitalist democratic revolution, protect national independence, good governance, social justice, social economic prosperity and transformation, and prepare the basis for socialism.