RJP and Samajbadi merge to form ‘Janata Samajbadi Party’

KATHMANDU: The Rastriya Janata Party (RJP) and the Samajbadi Party are announcing merger on Thursday to form ‘Janata Samajbadi Party’.

A meeting of the two Madesh-based parties decided to go for a merger on Wednesday late night in Kathmandu. Both the parties have agreed to unify two days after Prime Minister KP Oli’s cabinet introduced the ordinances paving room for the split of the parties along with the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP).