The Communist Party of Nepal ( Maoist) (CPN-M) registered itself at the Election Commission (EC) Tuesday in order to participate in the upcoming Constituent Assembly (CA) election.

A team of the CPN-M leaders led by second-in-command Babu Ram Bhattarai went to the EC to registration application for party registration.

Talking to journalists after submitting application for party registration, Bhattarai said that the CA polls must be held in the stipulated time.

"Our party will launch publicity campaign for the CA polls from today itself," he said.

The Nepali ruling eight political parties including the CPN-M have agreed to hold the CA election on June 20, but the government is yet to formally declare the election date.

This is the first time the CPN-M have applied for the registration at the EC after they launched their armed movement from 1996.

CPN-M have joined mainstream politics and have joined the interim parliament and the government last year.

The Constituent Assembly is an elected body, like parliament, of elected people's representatives to formulate the new constitution.

Source: Xinhua