At the end of 2020, a major split in the Nepal Communist Party revived the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist), (CPN (UML)) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre). A further split occurred within the CPN (Maoist Centre) when a group led by Ram Bahadur Thapa (Badal) joined CPN (UML). Similarly, a group led by former prime minister Madhav Kumar Nepal and Jhala Nath Khanal split from CPN (UML) to form CPN (Unified Socialist).