During the 1990 popular uprising against the monarchy, the group formed part of the radical United National People's Movement.
[2] In 1991, the party was one of the organizations that founded the Samyukta Jana Morcha[3] but left it following the election.
[4] CPN (MLM) took part in the Joint People's Agitation Committee, which had called for a general strike on 6 April 1992.
Violence erupted in the capital during the strike, and according to the human rights NGO HURON 14 people were killed in police firing.
CPN (MLM) later joined the United Left Front, which demands a Constitutional Assembly as the solution to the political crisis.