KATHMANDU, 19 May : Various Maoist splinter parties on Thursday announced the merger and renamed the unified party as the CPN Maoist (Centre).

The new name was endorsed by the dissolved UCPN (Maoist), CPN (Maoist-Revolutionary), CPN (Maoist), Revolutionary Communist Party, CPN (Maoist) Rebel faction, Naya Shakti Nepal and others.

The 10 parties and factions also chose UCPN-Maoist Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal as Chairman of the unified party.

On the occasion, Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal said, the new party he was heading would take the communist movement to a new height and materialize the dream and aspirations of the Nepali people.

He hope that the new party would be successful to bring changes by addressing the issues of the families of disappeared, fighters, and the people injured in the conflict.

Dahal hailed the republic, secularism, proportional inclusiveness as the achievements of the party. He also ruled out the possibility of the restoration of the monarchy.

According to him, implementation of constitution is a priority for the party.

It has been learned that the unified party would have a 699-member central committee.

Earlier, on Saturday, the parties had signed an 13-point base for unification.