The Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Loktantrik) was a

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. It existed as one of the important political force during the constituent assembly. Later the party merged with several other parties to become the largest Madhesh/Tharuhath based party,

Nepal Loktantrik Forum The Nepal Loktantrik Forum (translation: ''Nepal Democratic Forum'') was a political party in Nepal. The party was established on April 5, 2017, after merging with the Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum (Democratic), the Rastriya Janamukti Party (Democ ...

History

Formation

The party was formed after

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expelled Bijay Kumar Gachhadar and six other members after his agreement to join the new CPN (UML)-led government. As a result, the former party was split with 26 among 52 members of constituent assembly opposing Yadav's decision. The MJFN (L) included former leaders of other political parties like the

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and

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who were from democratic background. The party was registered with the

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shortly after the

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due to mass ideological differences in mother party with majority of democratic background while few being leftist.

First constituent assembly

The party had 26 members in the first constituent assembly. All of them were the one who sided with Gachhadar opposing the authoritarian character of

Second constituent assembly

The party fought the second constituent assembly on its own and won 14 seats. The party won 4 seats from FPTP system while won 10 seats from proportional representation. As a result, the party stood as the largest Terai Madhesh based party in the assembly. The party merged on April 5, 2017 with the Rastriya Janamukti Party (Loktantrik) and

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to form

Leadership

Chairman

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Deputy chairman

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General secretary

* Mrigendra Kumar Singh Yadav * Jitendra Narayan Dev *

Election results

References

{{reflist Defunct political parties in Nepal Political parties of minorities in Nepal