Left alliance has an appeal to the communists. But can they pull it off again?

Ruling coalition seems to be intact so far, but recent activities hint something is cooking with the leftist forces feeling encouraged.

Nepal’s left-leaning parties have always found a grand communist force a pretty appealing idea. An effort in 2017 had successfully culminated in the formation of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) after the merger between the CPN-UML and the CPN (Maoist Centre).