JANAKPURDHAM, JULY 23
CPN-Maoist Centre Chairperson Pushpa Kamal Dahal has said that efforts were on to forge unity among leftist forces in the five-party alliance.
Talking to journalists at Janakpur Airport today, he said discussions were on with all groups with communist background in the ruling alliance. The Maoist Centre chair arrived here today en route to Sarlahi for attending a party programme .
"Baburam Bhattarai's faction has already split from the Janata Samajbadi Party-Nepal. We are holding discussions with both factions of this party. The faction led by Upendra Yadav is already a part of the ruling coalition and the party to be formed by Bhattarai will also join the coalition.
Stating that a coordination committee could be formed to forge an electoral front for party unity among the parties with left background in the ruling coalition, Dahal said discussions were on, but a final decision had not been reached yet.
A version of this article appears in the print on July 24, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
