The Terai Madhesh Loktantrik Party ( ne, तराई-मधेश लोकतान्त्रिक पार्टी) was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

, formed by former Minister and

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 o ...

national treasurer Mahantha Thakur. This party was once the biggest Madhesh based party with a strong base in Terai region of Nepal. The foundation of the party was announced on December 27, 2007. This party was made by Thakur with a popular slogan "''Mare to Mukti, jiye to Madhesh''" meaning if I will live, I will fight for Madhesh and if I will get salvation. This was very popular and is popular till date. The party had four members in the interim parliament including Thakur.

Merger to form Rastriya Janata Party Nepal

On 21 April 2017 the party merged with

Sadbhavana Party Sadbhavana Party is a political party in Nepal. The party emerged from a major split in the Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandidevi) in the summer of 2007. Laxman Lal Karna was the joint chair of the party. History Initially the party also used th ...

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 ...

, Terai Madhes Sadbhawana Party, Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum (Republican) and Rastriya Madhesh Samajwadi Party to form

Rastriya Janata Party Nepal The Rastriya Janata Party, Nepal, abbr. ''RJPN'' ( ne, राष्ट्रिय जनता पार्टी, नेपाल, translation: National People's Party, Nepal) was the fourth-largest political party in Nepal after the Nepali Co ...

Portfolios and Central Committee

On December 31, 2007, a Central Working Committee of the party was formed, chaired by

Mahantha Thakur Mahantha Thakur ( ne, महन्थ ठाकुर), is a Nepalese politician and president of Loktantrik Samajbadi Party Nepal, as well as the former treasurer of Nepali Congress Party. He has served Minister in various ministries including ...

. Other members are

Hridayesh Tripathi Hridayesh Tripathi ( ne, हृदयेश त्रिपाठी) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the People's Progressive Party. He's also the current chairman of the party. A former Minister of Health and Population Tripathi has w ...

, Brikhesh Chandra Lal, Brijesh Kumar Gupta, Mahendra Prasad Yadav, Ram Chandra Raya, Sarbendra Nath Shukla, Anish Ansari, Ram Chandra Kushwaha, Srikrishna Yadav, Govinda Prasad Chaudhary, Ram Kumar Chaudhary, Ram Kumar Sharma, Jitendra Sonal, Bishwanath Saha, Satyawati Kurmi, Kritaram Kumhal, Dilip Singh and Sheikh Chandtara. In 2073, this party conducted its first general convention in

Nawalparasi Nawalparasi District ( ne, नवलपरासी जिल्ला, ), part of which belongs to Gandaki Province and part to Lumbini Province, was one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal before being divided into Nawalparasi (West of Ba ...

. Presidents of two big democratic parties including

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 ...

from

, Pashupati Shumsher JBR from

Rastriya Prajatantra Party The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (; ne, राष्ट्रिय प्रजातन्त्र पार्टी, lit=National Democratic Party; , ( ne, राप्रपा)) is a constitutional monarchist and Hindu nationalist politic ...

were present here. Chairman-

Co-chairman-

General Secretary- Brijesh Kumar Gupta, Jitendra Sonal, Jangi Lal Raya

Electoral performance

The party obtained 3.49 per cent of the votes in 2008 and took 21 seats in Constituent Assembly election. On December 31, 2010, the party suffered vertical split when 9 lawmakers led by Senior General Secretary and Minister of Industry

Mahendra Raya Yadav Mahendra Ray Yadav is a Nepali politician and a member of the House of Representatives of the federal parliament of Nepal. He is the current central committee chairman of Socialist Party of Nepal. He was elected under the first-past-the-post syste ...

separated and created new party named Terai Madhes Loktantrik Party-Nepal. The nine lawmakers were Ramani Raya, Govinda Chaudhary, Dan Bahadur Chaudhary, Chandan Shah, Salauddin Musalman, Sabitri Devi Yadav, Arbinda Sah and Urmila Mahato. According to medias, the party had to split due to differences in political ideology of Mahanta Thakur and

. Thakur was from democratic background (

) while Yadav was communist background. This was one of the biggest set back to Madhesh Based politics and people. In Second Constituent Assembly Election 2013, this party became the largest Madhesh based party in parliament although suffering two major and minor splits.

References

{{Authority control 2007 establishments in Nepal Political parties established in 2007 Political parties of minorities in Nepal Social democratic parties in Asia Socialist parties in Nepal 2017 disestablishments in Nepal

Merger to form Rastriya Janata Party Nepal

Portfolios and Central Committee

Electoral performance

See also

References