Dahal’s party ready to drop ‘Maoist Centre’ tag for unity with communist parties

The party will decide on the matter at its next general convention, according to a circular to the lower level of party committees.

In a new twist, the CPN (Maoist Centre), which is led by Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal, has said that it can change the name of the party and remove the Maoist tag. At present, the party’s official name is CPN (Maoist Centre) and if the other communist parties and forces are ready to come together, it would be ready to drop the tag, Maoist Centre, according to a party decision that has been circulated to various party committees.