The Election Commission (EC) on August 19, registered new Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist–Leninist (CPN-UML) party, chaired by Sandhya Tiwari, a permanent resident of Morang District, reports The Himalayan Times. The General Secretary of the party is Manish Kumar Upadhyay, a permanent resident of Dhanusha District. According to an official of the EC, the new CPN-UML was granted the election symbol of rising sun in the Himalayas. The EC source said since the KP Sharma Oli and Pushpa Kamal Dahal led Nepal Communist Party (NCP) had the Sun as its election symbol, the new CPN-UML office bearers chose rising Sun in the Himalayas as their election symbol. EC Spokesperson Raj Kumar Shrestha said the polls panel decided to register the new party after it met all the requirements. With this, total number of registered parties at the EC has reached 132.