Kathmandu, April 5:

The CPN-ML concluded its third national convention yesterday adopting “new democracy” as its programme and electing Chandra Prakash Mainali as the new general secretary.

The convention also adopted a new party statute and a political report.

The convention stressed the need for democratic republic and federal system of governance based on linguistic and ethnic distribution.

It also emphasised on bringing about unity among the Leftist forces during the constituent assembly election.

A statement issued today at the end of the four-day long convention said that the party would strive to ensure that there would be only one left candidate in a constituency so that more left candidates could win the assembly election.

The convention also welcomed the formation of the interim government and five documents, including the common minimum programme of the interim government, adopted by the eight political parties.

It also stressed the need to keep intact the eight-party unity till the constituent assembly polls.