Janata Samajbadi Party Leader Manish Mishra Set to Join Nepali Congress After Ticket Disappointment

Kathmandu. Manish Mishra, a central coordination committee member of the Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal (JSPN), is set to join the Nepali Congress. He became disgruntled after failing to secure a ticket for Sarlahi-4.

Mishra, who previously served as the General Secretary of the Mahantha Thakur-led Loktantrik Samajbadi Party (LSP), is reportedly leaving JSPN due to a perceived lack of guardianship within the party. LSP Nepal has already merged with JSPN. Mahantha Thakur, the patron of JSPN, has moved to the National Assembly. Sarlahi-4 is Mahantha Thakur's former constituency. Leader Mishra stated that he did not find Mahantha Thakur as a guardian in that constituency, complaining that despite preparing for the election for years, the ticket was ultimately given to Rameshwar Ray, who recently joined from the Maoist party.

He said, 'I had been preparing in the constituency for a long time to contest the election, but suddenly just 3-4 days ago, the party gave the ticket to Rameshwar, who had just joined the party, even though his constituency is 3. They deliberately gave my ticket to him to sideline me.'

Mishra stated that preparations are underway for him to join the Congress party in a few days, adding that wherever he remains, he will work for democracy and the Madhes region.

In Sarlahi-4, Gagan Thapa, the party president of the Congress, is contesting. Dr. Amresh Kumar Singh from the Rastriya Swatantra Party is also in the competition.