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People's Socialist Party (Nepal, 2024)
Political party in Nepal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The People's Socialist Party (abbr. PSP; Nepali: जनता समाजवादी पार्टी), also known as Janata Samajbadi Party is the seventh-largest political party in Nepal.[2][3] The party was formed after split in the People's Socialist Party, Nepal led by party federal council chairman Ashok Rai, supported by majority federal MPs from the PSP-N.[4]
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With 7 out of 275 seats in the lower house House of Representative, the party is the sixth largest political party in the Federal Parliament.
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Ideology
The party advocates for identity based federalism and a more inclusive parliament. They also support a more decentralized government structure which guarantees more power to provincial and local governments. The party intends to implement the agreements of various movements.[5]
History
Formation
The party was formed after a split in the mother party, People's Socialist Party, Nepal led by Upendra Yadav when a group of MPs, MLAs and central leaders alleged the party chair to be authoritarian and going against the interest of the ruling coalition government of Nepal.[6][7]
The group filed an application for a party split with the Election Commission on 5 May 2023 which included MPs Ashok Rai, Nawal Kishor Sah, Hasina Khan, Ranju Kumari Jha, Pradeep Yadav, Birendra Prasad Mahato and Sushila Shrestha.[4][8] The party received its recognition from the Election Commission on 6 May 2024.[3]
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Members of parliament
List of cabinet ministers
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Leadership
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See also
References
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