Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)

Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist)
नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (एकीकृत समाजवादी)
AbbreviationCPN (US) or CPN (Socialist)
ChairmanMadhav Kumar Nepal
General SecretaryGhanashyam Bhusal[1]
FounderMadhav Kumar Nepal,
Jhala Nath Khanal,
Pradeep Nepal and others
Founded18 August 2021
Registered25 August 2021
Split fromCPN (UML)
HeadquartersMin Bhawan, Aaloknagar, Kathmandu
NewspaperKalam News[2]
Student wingAll Nepal National Free Students Union (ANNFSU)[3]
Youth wingYouth Federation Nepal[3]
Women's wingAll Nepal Women's Association (Socialist)[3]
Labour wingIntegrated Centre of Trade Unions, Nepal
Peasant's wingAll Nepal Peasants Association
Membership (2021)136,000[4]
IdeologyCommunism
Marxism–Leninism
People's Multiparty Democracy
[5][6]
Political positionLeft-wing
AllianceSamajbadi Morcha[7]
House of Representatives
10 / 275
National Assembly
8 / 59
Provincial Assemblies
25 / 550
Chief Ministers
0 / 7
Mayors/Chairs
25 / 753
Councillors
986 / 35,011
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
www.cpnus.org.np

The Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) (Nepali: नेपाल कम्युनिष्ट पार्टी (एकीकृत-समाजवादी), romanized: Nēpāla kamyuniṣṭa pārṭī (Ēkīkr̥ta-Samājavādī)), abbreviated as CPN (Unified Socialist) is a political party in Nepal led by former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal. As of July 2023, the party leads Socialist Front and is an important ally in the governing coalition.[8]

Former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal is the chairman of the party and former Prime Minister Jhala Nath Khanal serves as the senior leader.[9][10][11] The party was officially registered at the Election Commission, Nepal on 18 August 2021 while it received its certificate of registration on 25 August when the Election Commission verified its application with signature of more than twenty percent in both central committee and federal parliamentary party.[12][13][14][15]

  1. ^ "Ghanashyam Bhusal is the Unified Socialist general secretary; Beduram Bhusal is vice-chairperson". OnlineKhabar English News. 19 March 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  2. ^ Kalam News website
  3. ^ a b c "UML reviving its aggressive youth organizations". 21 July 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-08-19. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  4. ^ "माधव नेपालको समीक्षा- पार्टीमा संगठित सदस्यले दुई मत संरक्षण गरेको भए रविको पार्टीलाई उछिन्थ्यौं". Nepal Press. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  5. ^ "यस्तो छ माधव नेपालको पार्टीको घोषणा पत्र (पूर्णपाठसहित)".
  6. ^ "CPN (Unified Socialist), too, to follow 'people's multi-party democracy'". Archived from the original on 2021-08-24. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  7. ^ "Socialist Front comprising four leftist parties announced".
  8. ^ Republica. "Prime Minister Dahal receives vote of confidence for the second time, 172 MPs cast vote in his favor". My Republica. Retrieved 2023-03-20.
  9. ^ "Nepal's largest communist party CPN-UML officially splits". The Hindu. PTI. 2021-08-19. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 2021-08-19. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  10. ^ "मेरो साथ एकीकृत समाजवादीलाई : झलनाथ खनाल". Naya Patrika. Archived from the original on 2021-08-20. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  11. ^ Republica. "Bam Dev Gautam to support CPN-UML (Socialist)". My Republica. Archived from the original on 2021-08-21. Retrieved 2021-08-21.
  12. ^ "एकता प्रयासमा लागेका नेता ओलीबाट निराश, नेपाल पक्षमा खुल्ने तयारीमा". nepalkhabar (in Nepali). 3 June 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-08-23. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  13. ^ "Nepal's main opposition CPN-UML splits as former PM Madhav Kumar Nepal forms new party". The New Indian Express. 19 August 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-08-19. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
  14. ^ "एमाले विभाजित : नेपालले दर्ता गरे नेकपा एमाले (समाजवादी), चुनाव चिह्न खुला किताब". ekantipur.com (in Nepali). Archived from the original on 2021-08-18. Retrieved 2021-08-18.
  15. ^ "Nepal's largest party splits with faction registering new party". Xinhuanet. 2021-08-25. Archived from the original on 2021-08-25. Retrieved 2021-08-25.

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