Newly formed CPN to join Deuba-led govt

Kathmandu, August 26

The newly formed CPN (Unified Socialist) led by Madhav Kumar Nepal on Thursday announced to join Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba-led coalition government soon, vowing to not give up the communist ideology and move forward as a cultured revolutionary party.

The announcement came a day after the Election Commission granted official recognition to the newly-formed party, which was created after splitting the CPN-UML led by former prime minister KP Sharma Oli. “We will soon join the Deuba government. We will not give up communist ideology and we will move forward by being a disciplined and cultured revolutionary party,” Madhav Nepal, who is the Chairman of the CPN (Unified Socialist), said at his party’s first press meet here. “We will be part of the government. The five-party alliance will move further forward,” he said. — PTI