CPN (Maoist Centre) Chair Pushpa Kamal Dahal has urged the Netra Bikram Chand-led Communist Party of Nepal and the Mohan Baidya-headed CPN (Revolu-tionary) Maoist for unification of the three forces.

Addressing a function organised at his residence in the Capital on Saturday, Dahal said his party was working for a unified communist movement in Nepal.

Dahal’s proposal comes at a time when both the breakaway factions have been

urging the government to release all the cadres of the CPN who were arrested from different parts of the country during the first phase of local polls.

The Chand-led CPN has announced to foil the elections while Baidya’s party

has joined the polls in the name of Deshbhakta Jana-ganatantrik Manch.

At the function, Dahal welcomed some three dozen leaders and cadres from different parties to the Maoist Centre.