The merger may boost the left’s chances of revival in the country in the March elections, after the so-called Gen Z protests forced the left-liberal alliance to relent power in September of this year.

Former deputy prime minister of Nepal and secretariat member of the Nepal Communist Party, Narayan Kaji Shrestha, talks about what development means for a socialist country.

He also talks about the threats posed by imperialist powers which seek to disrupt Nepal’s progress towards socialism.