Hridayaesh Tripathi Expresses Disagreement with JSP-LSP Unification

Kathmandu. Janata Samajwadi Party Nepal Chairman Hridayaesh Tripathi has expressed serious disagreement with the unification between Upendra Yadav-led Janata Samajwadi Party Nepal and Mahanta Thakur-led Loktantrik Samajwadi Party Nepal. 

Tripathi was participating in the party unification process with JSP Nepal by unifying with Lospa Nepal. However, his party is not included in the recognition given by the Election Commission recently. Leaders have stated that although he joined the unification process with JSP Nepal via Lospa, his party was not included because Janata Pragatisheel Party was not dissolved.  

Nevertheless, he has welcomed the unification of JSP Nepal and Lospa as a welcome step. He stated that the Federal Democratic Front was formed after the tireless efforts of Janata Pragatisheel Party Nepal, and claimed that the unification process with Lospa moved forward due to the efforts of his party and Tamlopa.  

However, Chairman Tripathi said that his party and Tamlopa were not informed about the unification process between Lospa and JSP Nepal. He said that although they did not comment despite enduring insults towards the opaque efforts made on the eve of the election, they expressed their disagreement after the election manifesto was released.  

The manifesto brought by JSP Nepal includes the provision of a directly elected president regarding the form of government. He commented that this is the ideology of the communists. Tripathi also claims that the provision of a directly elected president will be fatal for the minorities.  

Chairman Tripathi has also expressed disagreement with the fully proportional electoral system advocated by JSP Nepal. He said, "There are other such theoretical issues, and unifying without clarifying them will be suicidal."  

Tripathi had also participated in the election with the manifesto of JSP Nepal. He had agreed to the unification between JSP Nepal and Lospa Nepal. According to that agreement, Tripathi and other leaders of his party were included in the 43-member central coordination committee of the unified JSP Nepal formed on Poush 27th.  

Those leaders also participated in the coordination committee meeting. Tripathi and other leaders also participated in the election from the same party. However, this dispute has now come to light after the Election Commission sent a letter to JSP Nepal stating that the same person cannot be in two parties. A leader of JSP Nepal said, "This dispute arose because Mr. Tripathi wanted to remain in JSP Nepal and also not dissolve his own party, and one person cannot be in two places."  

The leader said that after the Election Commission sent the letter, Tripathi was asked to dissolve his party, but since he did not comply, he was not included in JSP Nepal. He was involved in the initial process of party unification. "He is aware of every document prepared by JSP Nepal, but it is wrong to say now that he is unaware of these things," the leader said.