Former Kirtipur Mayor Ramesh Maharjan Joins Nepal Communist Party

Kathmandu. Former Mayor of Kirtipur Municipality, Ramesh Maharjan, and former Ward Chairman of Ward No. 6, Nuchhe Maharjan, have joined the Nepal Communist Party after leaving the Communist Party of Nepal (UML). Party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' and leaders including Bamdev Gautam welcomed them into the party at the party's central office in Parisdanda on Sunday.

At the induction program, Chairman Prachanda stated that the Nepal Communist Party is formed by the merger of many communist parties and expressed confidence that this unity will lead to a broader unification including the entire CPN-UML. He opined that cooperation among nationalist forces will send a positive message to the country's politics.

The former Mayor Ramesh Maharjan and former Ward Chairman Nuchhe Maharjan, who joined the party, committed to playing an active role in ensuring the victory of Rupa Maharjan, the candidate representing the star symbol from Kirtipur-10 on behalf of the Nepal Communist Party.

Former Mayor Ramesh Maharjan criticized then-Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, stating that despite leading a two-thirds majority government, he failed to work according to public expectations and had to leave via helicopter, thus lacking the moral right to ask the public for votes again.