History
2017 elections As of August 2021, the party members had filled their candidacy as an Independent political group in the
2017 Nepalese general election. They used
sun as their election symbol, as a part of agreement/alliance between
CPN (UML) and the group.
Brijesh Kumar Gupta And
Hridayesh Tripathi won as members of the
House of Representatives. Similarly, Ajay Shahi and Dharma Lal Shrivastava won as candidate in the
provincial assembly elections to the
Provincial Assembly of Lumbini Province. However
Ishwar Dayal Mishra and Pashupati Dayal Mishra couldn't manage to win the election. The party was expected to get registered much earlier while it was reported that the process had already started in July. The party got registered in December before the
2022 National Assembly elections.
Formation and registration at Election Commission The party formation was declared on 14 December 2021 amidst a press conference at Everest Hotel,
Kathmandu. Former speaker of
House of Representatives Daman Nath Dhungana, MP
Brijesh Kumar Gupta, economist Rameshwar Khanal and Tul Narayan Sah joined newly announced the party while they were also present during the party declaration. On 11 February 2021, the party was registered at Election Commission with central committee with thirty members.
Hridayesh Tripathi from
Lumbini Province was declared president,
Shivajee Yadav from
Madhesh Province was declared senior vice president of the party. The party appointed three vice presidents
Harka Lal Singh Rajbanshi (from
Province No. 1),
Mohammand Shabir Hussain (from
Madhesh Province) and
Farhan Akwal Kha (from
Lumbini Province). They party in a statement said that it had tried to keep people from all province in party portfolio. Former minister
Ishwar Dayal Mishra and
Bharat Kumar Thapa were appointed general secretary of the party while thirty three membered central committee was declared.
Party expansion and first election The party went organization development mainly in Terai belt of Lumbini province. Even within the province, the party was centred to
Kapilvastu,
Rupandehi and
Parasi district. The party won both chairman and deputy chairman post in
Marchabari rural municipality. The party emerged as first runner up in several local levels including
Pratappur rural municipality while winning several posts in various local levels. As a result, the party was able to decline the vote bank of
CPN (UML) and traditional vote bank of
Janata Samajwadi Party and
Loktantrik Samajwadi Party in
Lumbini province. == Ideology ==
Electoral performance
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