BIBEKSHEEL SAJHA IS ON THE VERGE OF BREAKING UP FOR THE SECOND TIME

 

In what appears to be a prelude to the split, party chair Rabindra Mishra and convener Milan Pandey have convened separate meetings of the party's central committee for Thursday.

After an earlier split between Sajha Party and Bibeksheel, the party was revived roughly nine months ago. The two parties had previously combined on July 26, 2017, to become the Bibeksheel Sajha Party, but it had dissolved due to leadership conflicts.

 

Mishra, a journalist who later became a politician, founded the Sajha Party, while Bibeksheel grew out of a campaign started by Ujjwal Thapa.

 

However, in January 2019, the two parties agreed to separate ways.

 

In December of last year, the two parties combined once more with the goal of creating a formidable alternative force.

 

Dissensions within the party erupted after Mishra released a pamphlet questioning the relevance of federalism and advocating for a secularism referendum.

“Mishra has already split the party, first by proposing policies that are contrary to the constitution and the party statute, and then by doing things that the party statute prohibits him from doing,” Pandey stated. “I don't believe there's a chance we'll be able to stay together.”

The two parties merged on July 26, 2017 in the run-up to the general elections, however they split up in January 2019, after nearly two years together.

Mishra asserted in his suggestion that neither federalism nor secularism were part of the Nepali people's initial purpose.

 

The Kabul chaos and South Asia

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