KATHMANDU: CPN (Unified Socialist) General Secretary Ghanshyam Bhusal has said that Nepal’s communist parties have become fragmented due to the unwillingness of senior leaders to retire from active politics.

Speaking at a press conference in Kathmandu on Wednesday, Bhusal said the current divisions within the left forces stem from leaders who should have taken political rest but instead continue to cling to power.

“The communist movement has reached a critical point because leaders who should have stepped aside are refusing to do so,” he remarked.

Bhusal, who rejected the unification process among nine left-leaning parties—including the CPN (Maoist Centre) and CPN (Unified Socialist)—announced that his faction has decided to rebuild the party independently.

“The party’s majority decided to go for unification, but we chose to stand outside without bargaining for positions,” Bhusal said. “We raised serious questions about the process of nine-party unity, and that’s why we decided to stay out.”

He also accused Unified Socialist Chair Madhav Kumar Nepal of misusing his majority to ignore calls for accountability after a corruption case was filed against him in connection with the Patanjali land deal.

“After the corruption case was registered, we asked him to step down,” Bhusal said. “But instead of doing that, he showed his numerical strength in the party to reject our demand.”

According to Bhusal, a leader facing such grave corruption allegations should have resigned to uphold moral standards.

“Despite facing a serious corruption charge, Chairman Nepal refused to step aside and used his majority to suppress dissent,” he said.