United Left Front (Nepal, 2002)
United Left Front, a joint front of Nepalese communist parties. ULF was founded on October 3, 2002, with the aim of mobilizing against the autocratic rule in the country.
The founding constituents of ULF were:
- Communist Party of [Nepal (Marxist) (1991)|Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist)]
- Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist)
- Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist)
- Nepal Samyabadi Party (Marksbadi-Leninbadi-Maobadi)
- Communist Party of Nepal (United)
- Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist-Maoist Centre)
- Communist Party of Nepal (United Marxist)
- Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist)
All constituents of ULF experienced splits in late 2006/early 2007, leading to the break-up of the ULF. Splinter groups of CPN and CPN merged into Communist Party of Nepal (Unified). CPN was split as Ganesh Shah set up a separate Communist Party of Nepal (United). CPN and CPN formed one ULF, and the remainder of the original ULF retained theirs. In September 2007 CPN merged into Unified [Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)|Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)].