Central Council members of Naya Shakti Nepal who recently quit the party have joined CPN (Maoist Centre) on Tuesday. Those joining Maoist Centre includes 18 central leaders among dozens other leaders and cadres.

Naya Shakti leaders including Devendra Poudel, Parshuram Tamang, Mukti Pradhan, Pasang Sherpa, Bamdev Gautam, among others, joined Maoist Centre amid a programme in Capital today.

Maoist Centre Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal welcomed the new entrants.

Maoist Centre claims that as many as 500 leaders and cadres including those from Netra Bikram Chand-led CPN Maoist joined the Maoist Centre today.

Before joining the Maoist Centre, a dissident faction of Naya Shakti led by Devendra Poudel had formed a broader polarization committee to determine Naya Shakti’s future roadmap. Naya Shakti later expelled the leaders from the party citing their activities were against the party’s interests.