Janata Samajbadi’s birth was accidental and it may meet with an accident of split

Factions led by Upendra Yadav and Mahantha Thakur have drifted apart and reconciliation between them is unlikely in the current circumstances, observers say.

When the Janata Samajbadi Party was born out of a sudden midnight merger between the Samajbadi Party Nepal and the Rastriya Janata Party in April last year, many within the unified force themselves were not optimistic about its future.