United Left Front (Nepal, 2002)

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United Left Front (Nepali: संयुक्त बाम मोर्चा), a joint front of Nepalese communist parties. ULF was founded on October 3, 2002, with the aim of mobilizing against the autocratic rule in the country.

The founding constituents of ULF were:

  • Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist)
  • Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist)
  • Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist)
  • Nepal Samyabadi Party (Marksbadi-Leninbadi-Maobadi)
  • Communist Party of Nepal (United)

CPN(MLM) and NSP(Malema) later merged to form the

Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Centre). CPN(M) and CPN(United) merged to form the Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist)
. Therefore, as of 2006 the coalition consisted of:

ULF joined part the

C.P. Mainali of CPN(ML), Ganesh Shah of CPN(UM) and N.K. Prasai
of CPN(MLM Centre).

All constituents of ULF experienced splits in late 2006/early 2007, leading to the break-up of the ULF. Splinter groups of CPN(ML) and CPN(MLM Centre) merged into

Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)
.

See also

  • United Left Front (Nepal) (1990)