The People's Socialist Party (

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PSP; ), also known as Janata Samajbadi Party is the seventh-largest

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. The party was formed after split in the

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led by party federal council chairman

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, supported by majority federal MPs from the PSP-N. With 7 out of 275 seats in the lower house House of Representative, the party is the sixth largest

in the

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Ideology

The party advocates for identity based

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and a more inclusive

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. They also support a more decentralized government structure which guarantees more power to

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and

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. The party intends to implement the agreements of various movements.

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. The group filed an application for a party split with the

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on 5 May 2023 which included MPs

, Nawal Kishor Sah, Hasina Khan, Ranju Kumari Jha, Pradeep Yadav, Birendra Prasad Mahato and Sushila Shrestha. The party received its recognition from the Election Commission on 6 May 2024.

Members of parliament

List of cabinet ministers

Leadership

References

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