Kathmandu, 26 August: The Election Commission (EC) has recognized  Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Socialist) as a new political party led by Madhav Kumar Nepal and Democratic Socialist Party led by Mahantha Thakur.Fifty-five central members and 29 lawmakers of the proposed CPN (Unified Socialist) were present in the EC in person on Wednesday for the party's verification procedures. The EC had, acting on the ordinance relating to political parties issued by the government recently, called the party central members and lawmakers with all the required documents for the verification. Former Prime Minister and senior leader Jhalanath Khanal who is presently in New Delhi in India for medical treatment had taken part in the verification process from the New Delhi-based Embassy of Nepal. Federal Parliament's 29 members also joined the verification procedures. People’s News Monitoring Service