Dist units of MCPI, CPM merge

Sangrur, December 14, The district units of the Marxist Communist Party of India (MCPI) and the CPM Punjab merged and formed MCPI (United) at a meeting of the both parties here yesterday. Mr Sukhdev Singh Barri, a state committee member of the CPM, Punjab, and Mr Kiranjit Singh Sekhon, Central Committee member of the MCPI, were chosen convener and cashier, respectively, of the district unit of the MCPI (United) at the meeting.
Giving this information here, Mr Sekhon said a 13-member district committee of the MCPI (United) was elected for running the affairs of the new party smoothly.

Source: http://www.tribuneindia.com/2005/20051215/punjab1.htm