Communist Party of Nepal and Nepali Communist Party merge

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The Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) and the Nepali Communist Party (NCP) have formally merged to form a unified party named the Nepali Communist Party.

The merger agreement was signed by leaders from both parties on Tuesday, including Uma Bhujel of the CPN and Madhav Kumar Nepal and Pushpa Kamal Dahal of the NCP. The unified party will use a five‑pointed star as its election symbol and adopt Marxism–Leninism as its guiding ideology, with a program based on scientific socialism with Nepali characteristics.

The agreement outlines several major commitments including strengthening the federal democratic republic and safeguarding national sovereignty, promoting good governance, social justice, and economic transformation toward a socialist revolution, organizational integration across central committees, secretariats, and mass organizations, to be completed by mid‑December and a national unity convention will be held after upcoming local elections to resolve ideological differences and finalize party structures.

This merger is part of a larger trend of leftist unification in Nepal. In 2025, multiple communist and socialist factions merged to form a broader Nepali Communist Party, also led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Madhav Kumar Nepal. Additional agreements, including a 10‑point unity framework, have been signed to integrate leadership and organizational structures.