Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandidevi) is a

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. The party was formed in March 2003 by Anandidevi Singh in March 2003, after the

Nepal Sadbhavana Party The Nepal Sadbhavana Party (NSP; ne, नेपाल सदभावना पार्टी) was a political party in Nepal that worked for rights of the Madhesi people and discriminated communities and groups of Nepal. On 21 April 2017, the ...

chairman

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had joined the government installed by

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/ref> After the NSP(A) was founded, a Central Working Committee consisting of Durba Prasad Rajbanshi, Kushi Lal Mandal, Gauri Prasad Singh, Bhogendra Thakur, Madhav Prasad Yadav, Dev Narayan Yadav, Renu Yadav, Bishwonath Shah, Ramnarayan Raya, Kritram Pandit, Jaya Narayan Chaurasiya, Govinda Chaudhary, Govinda Tharu, Kasim Ali Siddique and Anil Kumar Jha was elected. In June 2007, NSP merged into NSP(A). Anandidevi Singh retained the chairmanship of the unified party, whilst

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(NSP chairman) became vice chairman of NSP(A). However, just three months later the party suffered a major split, as Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supply

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and Laxman Lal Karna formed their own 'NSP(A)' (later renamed 'Sadbhavana Party').eKantipur.com - Nepal's No.1 News Portal
/ref> In February 2008, the party suffered another split, as the grouping around Singh move to expel the general secretary of the party and Minister for Industry, Commerce and Supply Shyam Sundar Gupta from the party. Since Gupta was not sacked from the government cabinet, Khushi Lal Mandal vowed to pull NSP(A) out of the

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. Effectively, there were two separate NSP(A)s in existence. The group that retained the registration at the

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is the group led by Gupta, and the group led by Khushi Lal Mandal is currently unregistered. The party, under leadership of Gupta, launched 104 candidates in the

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constituencies in the

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, but didn't win a single seat. The party did however win 2 seats through the

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vote. In August 2008, Singh was removed as chair of the party, and Gupta became Acting Chairman of the party instead. In 2015 The

Nepal Sadbhawana Party The Nepal Sadbhavana Party (NSP; ne, नेपाल सदभावना पार्टी) was a political party in Nepal that worked for rights of the Madhesi people and discriminated communities and groups of Nepal. On 21 April 2017, the ...

led by Sarita Giri and

Anil Kumar Jha Anil Kumar Jha ( ne, अनिल कुमार झा) is a Nepali politician who served as a member of the House Of Representatives, representing Rautahat-1 constituency from 2017-2022. References Living people People from Rautahat ...

led Sanghiya Sadbhawna Party have merged to form a single party,

(NSP).

will chair the integrated party (NSP) while Sarita Giri will be its vice chairperson and

Rajeev Jha The Janatantrik Terai Mukti Morcha (JTMM) (Nepali: जनतान्त्रिक तराई मुक्ति मोर्चा, ''Janatāntrika Tarāī Muktī Morcā'', "Terai People's Liberation Front;" also Terai Janatantrik Mukti Morc ...

as a General Secretary.

References

{{reflist Political parties in Nepal Political parties established in 2003 2003 establishments in Nepal

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