World News | PM 'Prachanda'-led CPN and Three Other Parties Form Socialist Front Nepal
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'-led CPN (Maoist Centre) and three other Left parties on Monday jointly announced the formation of a socialist front.
Kathmandu, Jun 19 (PTI) Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'-led CPN (Maoist Centre) and three other Left parties on Monday jointly announced the formation of a socialist front.
The ruling parties - CPN (Maoist Centre), People's Socialist Party (JSP) and CPN (Unified Socialist) Party - and CPN Communist Party (JSP), which is not in the government, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at an event here to form the Socialist Front Nepal.
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The MoU was signed by CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Prachanda, JSP Chairman Upendra Yadav, CPN (Unified Socialist) Chairman Madhav Nepal and CPN General Secretary Netra Bikram Chand.
According to party sources, initial preparations are being made to create a two-level structure to operate the front while long-term preparations are being made for the formation of a coordination committee consisting of top leaders and representatives from each political party.
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The parties associated with the Socialist Front have 54 lawmakers in the House of Representatives, including 32 from the Maoist Centre, 12 from the Janata Samajbadi Party and 10 from the Unified Socialist.
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