Ujyalo Nepal Party Chairman Calls Failed Merger with RSP an 'Accident', Vows to Preserve Party Identity

Kathmandu. The Chairman of the Ujyalo Nepal Party, Kulman Ghising, has termed the attempt to merge with the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) an 'accident' and declared his commitment to moving forward while preserving his party's existence. Speaking at an event in Kathmandu on Tuesday, Ghising made it clear that under no circumstances would the party's name and election symbol be allowed to merge with another party.

Recalling the brief merger attempt with the RSP, Ghising described the 12-day period as a time when the party went into 'coma.' 'It hasn't even been three months since the party was formed, but we went into a coma in between,' he said. 'We have now emerged healthy, and we will not let our name and symbol disappear anywhere now.' He asserted that other parties might be able to absorb his party, but they would not merge into others.

Providing information that 121 candidates from the Ujyalo Nepal Party are in the electoral field for the upcoming House of Representatives elections, Ghising appealed to voters to ensure their victory. He expressed sorrow over the extravagance and costly campaigning being carried out by the newly formed parties in the elections and emphasized the need to contest elections with low expenditure.

Mentioning his achievement of ending load-shedding while serving as the Executive Director of the Nepal Electricity Authority, he claimed that for the overall development of the country, there is no alternative to 'Ujyalo Nepal' politically.