Babu Ram Bhattarai preparing to form a new political party

KATHMANDU, July 17: Babu Ram Bhattarai, chairman of the federal; council of Janata Samajbadi Party, is set to form a new political party.

A central committee meeting of the party held earlier at Birgunj has decided to take action against Bhattarai and eight other leaders in charge of trying to split the party.