KATHMANDU, July 23: Nepal Communist Party (NCP) chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has said the process of party unification has almost reached to the conclusion.

Addressing a program organized by the Pushpalal Memorial Foundation to commemorate the ’41st Pushpalal Memorial Day’ in the capital on Tuesday, Dahal claimed that the party unification process will be completed by August 17.

“Only one or two formalities are remaining. We will conclude the entire party unification process within some days. Our aim is to conclude the remaining works of the party unification as of August 17. We will also convene the meetings of the party’s standing committee and the central committee,” said Dahal.

He added that they will reach the people with the central committee of the party formulating a nationwide program.

The NCP Chair opined that they have completed the people’s revolution in a unique fashion by achieving the party unification which was the late Pushpalal’s dream.

Pushpalal Shrestha is the founding leader of the NCP. He recalled that the late leader Pushpalal had, through a party convention held in Gorakhpur of India in 2025 BS, had raised the issue of unification of the communist parties in Nepal.

Prachanda went on to say that they were the bearers of the late Pushpalal’s ideology and that the journey of socialism would also be completed as per the dreams of the NCP founding leader.

“It was Pushpalal who envisaged reunification of the divided parties and prepare for a movement, to take forward the strategy of people’s revolution through long term armed struggle and to use the then Panchayat system for fulfilling the party’s strategy. So, we all are Pushpalal’s children and heirs,” Chair Prachanda said.

He also underscored the need for strengthening the party on the basis of ideology and polity, organizational values and the process and procedures to fulfill the aspiration of socialism and prosperous Nepal and happy Nepali.

Dahal said the way forward for the party is to correct the shortcomings within the party and commit to the ideals of the late Pushpalal.

Likewise, NCP senior leader and Foundation chair Madhav Kumar Nepal said that the dream of Pushpalal would be materialized only if the NCP is established by making it popular.

He added that party’s center, states, district and local levels should carry out activities and move ahead as per the party’s direction and those doing good work in the party should also be honored.

Leader Nepal added that politburo should be formed soon and responsibility of would be departmental and people’s class organization would be given.

The former Prime Minister shared that Pushpalal museum and park would be established at Bhangeri of Ramechhap, the birthplace of Pushpalal.

Saying the country could get prosperity only if only heading to the path shown by Pushpalal, another senior leader Jhalanath Khanal said that the incumbent communist government should bring socialism in the country.

On the occasion, Chair Dahal, senior leaders– Nepal and Khanal, NCP Secretariat member Bamdev Gautam, General Secretary Bishnu Prasad Poudel, and other leaders garlanded the statue at Pushpalal Memorial Park, Champadevi, Kritipur. Born on Asar 15, 1981 BS at Bhangeri of Ramechhap, Pushpalal died on Saun 7, 2035 BS while undergoing treatment at Govinda Ballabh Pant Hospital, India.

Pushpalal with support of friends had established the Nepal Communist Party on Baishakh 10, 2006 BS. RSS

MYAGDI, July 22: CPN-UML senior leader and former Prime Minister Jhalanath Khanal has said that the constitution cannot be amended before the elections.

Speaking at a program organized to mark the 39th memorial day of founding general secretary of Nepal Communist Party Pushpa Lal Shrestha in Beni today, leader Khanal said the constitution shall be amended as per the need of the nation only after all the three tiers’ election have been completed.

Stating that the policy adopted by late Pushpa Lal led to the downfall of the Rana rule in Nepal, leader Khanal discussed about the late leader’s contribution in the communist, patriotic and democratic movements of Nepal. RSS