The CPN (Unified Socialist) on Friday announced the names of 344 central committee members.

The party, which picked 93 central members through its general convention held in July's first week, announced the names of the remaining 251 members on Friday.

A task force comprising Chairman Madhav Kumar Nepal, senior leader Jhala Nath Khanal and General Secretary Ghanashyam Bhusal finalised the names of the central members.

The party’s tenth general convention concluded on July 5 without giving the central committee a full shape. The Unified Socialist Party had announced that it would finalise the names of the remaining central members within ten days.

Nepal and Bhusal retained their positions as party chair and general secretary, respectively, through the general convention after they were unanimously selected for the party’s two key positions. Former prime minister Khanal was also given continuity in his role as senior leader of the party.

The party has yet to pick the remaining office bearers. As per its statute, the party will have 21 office bearers, including a chairman, a senior vice-chair, seven vice-chairs, including one woman, a general secretary, four deputy general secretaries, and seven secretaries.

Ahead of the general convention, the leaders amended the party statute to increase the number of office bearers to 21, besides the senior leader.

In August 2021, a group of CPN-UML leaders led by Nepal split the country’s largest communist party–CPN-UML–to form the Unified Socialist.