KATHMANDU, Jan 14: The CPN (Maoist Center) has formed a Unity Coordination Committee under the leadership of the party’s Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal for unification with Dr Baburam Bhattarai's Nepal Samajbadi Party. A standing committee meeting held on Saturday decided to form a committee chaired by the Prime Minister and party chairman Dahal.

Maoist Center Spokesperson Agni Sapkota said that the committee had been formed to promote unity between CPN (Maoist Center) and Nepal Samajwadi Party. The Maoist Standing Committee meeting held on Saturday has given the responsibility of unification to the chairman.

Saturday's meeting made criteria for the selection of convention representatives. Provincial in-charges of Maoists reported in the meeting. The Maoists have decided to hold a statute convention on February 13-15.

Likewise, along the party line of preventing the party committees from becoming oversized, a 151-member Central Committee has been proposed. Currently, the Maoist Center has 385 central members and 199 alternate central members. After questions were raised about the size of the Central Committee, the Statute Drafting Committee has prepared a draft accordingly.

 
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