United Left Front (Nepal) (1990)
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United Left Front, an alliance of communist parties who opposed the authocratic regime in Nepal
Nepal
Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked sovereign state located in South Asia. It is located in the Himalayas and bordered to the north by the People's Republic of China, and to the south, east, and west by the Republic of India...

. ULF was formed in 1990. It conducted joint movement together with the Nepali Congress
Nepali Congress
The Nepali Congress is a Nepalese political party. Nepali Congress led the 1950 Democratic Movement which successfully ended the Rana dynasty and allowed commoners to take part in the polity. It again led a democratic movement in 1990, in partnership with leftist forces, to end monarchy and...

. The uprising, called Jana Andolan (People's Movement) brought to an end of monarchic dictatorship and led the way for multiparty elections.

The constituents of ULF were:
  • Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist)
    Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist)
    Communist Party of Nepal , was an underground political party in Nepal. It was founded 1978 by the All Nepal Communist Revolutionary Coordination Committee . The founding congress was held December 26, 1978-January 1, 1979. The first general secretary of CPN was C.P...

  • Nepal Workers and Peasants Party
  • Communist Party of Nepal (Fourth Convention)
  • Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist)
    Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist)
    Communist Party of Nepal , formed through the unification of Communist Party of Nepal , led by Manmohan Adhikari, and Communist Party of Nepal , led by Sahana Pradhan, in 1987...

  • Communist Party of Nepal (Burma)
  • Communist Party of Nepal (Manandhar)
  • Communist Party of Nepal (Amatya)
    Communist Party of Nepal (Amatya)
    Communist Party of Nepal, also referred to as Communist Party of Nepal was a communist party in Nepal. It emerged out of a split in the original Communist Party of Nepal in 1962...



The leader of ULF was Sahana Pradhan
Sahana Pradhan
Sahana Pradhan is a Nepalese politician. She hails from a Newar family in Kathmandu. She resigned as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nepal on April 16, 2008....

 of the CPN(Marxist).

Following the abolishment of democratic rule in 2002, five minor left parties have mobilized a United Left Front (Nepal) (2002) As four of them merged into two parties in 2005, this organisation now consists of three parties.
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