Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre)
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The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) (Nepali: नेपाल कम्युनिस्ट पार्टी (माओवादी केन्द्र), romanized: Nēpāla Kamyunisṭa Pārṭī (Mā'ōvādī Kēndra)), abbreviated CPN (Maoist Centre) or CPN (MC), was a mainstream political party in Nepal. The party was dissolved automatically when the central committed endorced announcement of leadership to merger with eight other communist parties and groups to form Nepali Communist Party. On the other hand, a group led by party joint general secretary Janardan Sharma including Ram Karki, Anjana Bisankhe and Sudan Kirati formed Progressive Campaign, Nepal alleging the party leadership of leaving ideological base for musical chair of leadership. Pushpa Kamal Dahal has served as the leader of the party since its foundation. The party holded 32 seats in the House of Representatives making them the third largest parliamentary group. Dahal served as Prime Minister of Nepal as part of a ruling coalition following the 2022 general election for almost 1.5 years to 2024 July. The party has previously led three previous governments; in 2008 and 2016 under Dahal, and in 2013 under Baburam Bhattarai. The party was formed in 1994 with the same name as its parent party Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre) and was renamed as the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) in 1996. After the Communist Party of Nepal (Unity Centre–Masal) and its electoral front, Janamorcha Nepal merged with the party in 2009, the unified party came to be known as the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist). The party emerged in its current state in 2016 following the unification of various splinter groups with the party. The party was dissolved on 17 May 2018, after merging with the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) to create the Nepal Communist Party but was revived on 8 March 2021 following a Supreme Court ruling in favor of Rishi Kattel, who had claimed the Nepal Communist Party name. The party claimed to have 750,000 members as of December 2021, making them the third largest party in Nepal by membership.