Unified Communist Party Becomes Largest Bloc in Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly

Dhangadhi. The Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) has emerged as the largest party in the Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly. The CPN became the largest party in the provincial assembly following the unification of the CPN (Maoist Centre), the CPN (Unified Socialist), and the Nagarik Unmukti Party.

The decision made by the joint meeting of the provincial assembly members of these three parties has been formally communicated to the Provincial Assembly Secretariat.

Khagraj Bhatta has been selected as the leader of the parliamentary party of the newly formed CPN. This decision was made under the leadership of Bhatta, who previously led the parliamentary party of the CPN (Maoist Centre), with the physical presence of 15 lawmakers.

According to leader Bhatta, other members who could not attend due to election commitments have also expressed their consent to the party unification and leadership selection.

To organize the internal structure of the party, the meeting also formed a statute drafting task force. The five-member task force includes Rameshsigh Dhami, Om Bikram Bhatta 'Saral', Khushiram Dagaura Tharu, Maya Pant, and Indira Giri.

With this unification, the CPN has become the largest force in the Sudurpashchim Provincial Assembly with 21 lawmakers. This includes 11 members from the CPN (Maoist Centre) including the Speaker, 7 from the Nagarik Unmukti Party, and 3 from the Unified Socialist.

The Nepali Congress, which was previously in the first position, has now dropped to second place with 18 lawmakers. Similarly, the CPN (UML) has 11 lawmakers and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has 1 lawmaker, while independent lawmaker Tara Joshi has resigned to contest the House of Representatives election from Dadeldhura.