Ashok Kumar Rai Registers New Party 'Samajwadi Party'

Kathmandu. Ashok Kumar Rai has applied to the Election Commission to register a new party. The group led by Rai on Monday applied to the Election Commission to register the party 'Samajwadi Party'.

The vice-chairpersons of the party with Ashok Rai as chairman are Sushila Shrestha, Radhadevi Timilsina and Dan Bahadur Bishwakarma. Similarly, Sharan Kumar Rai is the deputy general secretary and the secretaries are Hemantraj Mandavya, Manikkar Karki and Bhim Bahadur Tamang.

Chairman Rai submitted the application for party registration along with the names of 28 central committee members including 8 office bearers.

Earlier, Ashok Rai's group had formed the Janata Samajwadi Party by splitting the Janata Samajwadi Party, Nepal led by Upendra Yadav. Upendra Yadav had filed a case in the Supreme Court against the party split, stating that the party split was illegal. Following the verdict of that case, the Supreme Court did not give legal recognition to the Jaspa led by Ashok Rai, leaving Ashok Rai's group without a party.

After that, Rai's faction applied to the Election Commission to register a new party.

Regarding the party registration, Chairman Ashok Kumar Rai briefly commented, 'We are organizationally and politically committed and organized, only after the party's legal existence faced problems following the Supreme Court's decision, we have applied for the registration of a new party immediately'.

The Samajwadi Party, which has made socialism in line with Nepali characteristics its political goal, will advance federalism with inclusive democracy, social justice, prosperity and good governance as its political direction, said Manikkar Karki, secretary of the newly formed party. He also said that after receiving formal recognition from the Election Commission, the organization building and party expansion will be carried out in a campaign-like manner nationwide.