Sudan Kirati Joins Labour Culture Party, Formal Announcement Scheduled Today

Former Maoist leader Sudan Kirati has joined the Labour Culture Party led by Hark Sampang. A theoretical agreement on party unification has been reached with the Labour Culture Party, and this will be announced at a press conference today. Kirati joined the Labour Culture Party after leaving the Progressive Democratic Party. Kathmandu, 25 Baisakh.

A press conference will be held today at 3 p.m. at Hardik Hotel in Bagbazar, Kathmandu. Kirati’s faction refers to this as a “party unification.” A member of Kirati’s secretariat stated that they have reached a theoretical agreement for party unification with the Labour Culture Party, and the formal announcement will be made at the press conference today.

Sudan Kirati, from Bhojpur, is a former Maoist leader who also served as Minister of Tourism. However, after the Genjye Movement, when leaders such as Prachanda and Madhav Nepal formed the Nepal Communist Party, he expressed disagreement and joined the Progressive Democratic Party (Pralopa). Established through the initiative of former Maoist Deputy General Secretary Janardan Sharma, Pralopa included Sudan Kirati as a member of its five-member chairman council.

Following the failure to win a single seat in the elections held on Falgun 21, Pralopa is currently in a weakened state. Another member of the chairman council, Santosh Pariyar, who had chosen Pralopa after leaving Rastriya Swatantra Party, has also left the party. Meanwhile, the Labour Culture Party became the fifth largest party in parliament following the elections. Sources indicate that Kirati had been in contact with leaders of the Labour Culture Party since the election period, and the party unification process is now moving forward.