The Nepal Loktantrik Forum (

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: ''Nepal Democratic Forum'') was a

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Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...

. The party was established on April 5, 2017, after merging with the Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum (Democratic), the Rastriya Janamukti Party (Democratic), and the Dalit Janajati Party. On October 16, 2017, Nepal Loktantrik Forum merged into the Nepali Congress.

History

The Nepal Democratic Forum underwent a series of frequent mergers between April and June 2017. First, the Tharuhat Tarai Party, led by Bhanu Ram Chaudhary, merged with the NLF on April 20, 2017. Three weeks later, on May 7, the Rastriya Janata Party, Nepal People's Party, United Nepal Republican People's Party, and

Shanti Party Nepal Shanti Party Nepal (Peace Party Nepal) is a political party in Nepal. The party contested the 1999 parliamentary election. The party is registered with the Election Commission of Nepal ahead of the 2008 Constituent Assembly election. The party ...

all merged with the NLF as well. On June 2, the Liberal Democratic Party merged with the NLF, and on June 10 the Citizen Socialist Party also joined. The party joined the

Pushpa Kamal Dahal Pushpa Kamal Dahal ( ne, पुष्पकमल दाहाल; born 11 December 1954), also widely known by his nom de guerre Prachanda (, ; meaning "fierce"), is a Nepalese politician serving as the current Prime Minister of Nepal. He pre ...

led government on May 8, with Bijay Kumar Gachhadar as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Federal Affairs and Local Development; Jitendra Dev as Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation; and Gopal Dahit as the Minister for Land Reforms and Management. On June 3, the party chairman Bijay Kumar Gachhadar supported the proposal of

to endorse

Sher Bahadur Deuba Sher Bahadur Deuba ( ne, शेरबहादुर देउवा, ; born 13 June 1946) is a Nepali politician and former prime minister of Nepal. He has also been serving as the president of the Nepali Congress since 2016. Deuba has served ...

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. Then, he joined the

-led cabinet on June 7 as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Federal Affairs and Local Development.

Local elections and dissolution

Since the party was not registered as Nepal Democratic Forum before the deadline was set by the Election Commission, the party contested as Madheshi People's Right Forum, Nepal (Democratic) during the first phase of the 2017 elections. Initially, 334 party candidates filed for nomination, out of which six members were eventually elected. In the third phase of the elections, 166 candidates were elected including three candidates in the mayoral post. The party merged into

Nepali Congress The Nepali Congress ( ne, नेपाली कांग्रेस ; abbr. NC) is the largest social democratic political party in Nepal. As per the results of recent local election, ''Nepali Congress'' stands as the single largest party of ...

on 16 October 2017 before the

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and provincial elections. Party members of the former Rastriya Janamukti Party (Democratic), Dalit Janajati Party and Nepal Nagarik Party opposed the merger and contested the legislative and provincial elections under the

Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal The Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal ( ne, संघीय समाजवादी फोरम, नेपाल; abbreviated FSFN) was a democratic socialist political party in Nepal. The party was formed on 15 June 2015 from the merger of the Ma ...

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History

Local elections and dissolution

See also

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