People's Socialist Party, Nepal

The People's Socialist Party, Nepal, abbr. PSP-N (Nepali: जनता समाजवादी पार्टी, नेपाल) is a political party in Nepal. It was formed by the merger of the two key Madhesh based parties in Nepal, the Samajbadi Party, Nepal, led by Baburam Bhattarai and Upendra Yadav, and the Rastriya Janata Party Nepal, led by the presidium of Mahantha Thakur, Rajendra Mahato, Sharat Singh Bhandari, Anil Kumar Jha, Mahendra Raya Yadav, and Raj Kishor Yadav.

People's Socialist Party, Nepal

जनता समाजवादी पार्टी, नेपाल
AbbreviationPSP-N
ChairpersonMahantha Thakur & Upendra Yadav
Pratinidhi Sabha LeaderRajendra Mahato
Founded22 April 2020 (2020-04-22)
Merger ofRJPN
SPN
HeadquartersBalkumari, Lalitpur, Lalitpur District, Nepal
Student wingNational Student Union
Youth wingPeople's Socialist Youth Union
Women's wingSocialist Women Union, Nepal
Labour wingSocialist Trade Union Federation
IdeologySocial democracy
Democratic socialism
Secularism
Federalism
Factions:
Madhesi rights
Regionalism
Janajati rights
Ethnic federalism
Political positionCentre-left to left-wing
Seats in Pratinidhi Sabha
34 / 275
Seats in Rastriya Sabha
3 / 59
Seats in Provincial Assemblies
68 / 550
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
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With 34 among 275 seats in the lower house House of Representative and 3 among 59 seats in the upper house National Assembly, the party is the third-largest political party in the Federal Parliament after the Nepal Communist Party and the Nepali Congress and one of three national parties in the country.

It uses the flag of the former Samajbadi Party, Nepal and the election symbol of the former Rastriya Janata Party Nepal.[1][2]

History

Rastriya Janata Party Nepal was founded through the merger of six Madhes-based parties on 21 April 2017.[3] The six parties were constituents of the United Democratic Madhesi Front along with the Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal.[4] The newly formed Rastriya Janata Party Nepal and Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal would later announce an electoral alliance for the 2017 Nepalese legislative election and provincial election.[5] The alliance gained a majority in the provincial assembly of Province No. 2 and would go on to form a coalition government in the province with FSFN leader Mohammad Lalbabu Raut becoming chief minister and Saroj Kumar Yadav of RJPN becoming speaker of the province.[6][7] The two parties had also had some informal negotiations to merge the two parties along with some other regional parties.[8]

On 6 May 2019, the Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal merged with Naya Shakti Party, Nepal led by former prime minister Baburam Bhattarai to form Samajbadi Party, Nepal.[9] The two parties had previously contested the 2017 local elections together with hopes of party unification.[10][11] The newly formed party also announced that they were in negotiations with RJPN in a bid for unification with the party.[12]

Formation of PSP-N

The Rastriya Janata Party Nepal and Samajbadi Party, Nepal were in constant negotiations throughout 2019 with talks failing or being in limbo because of issues relating to power sharing and Samajbadi Party, Nepal withdrawing support from the K.P. Oli led government..[13][14][15][16] Samajbadi Party finally quit the government in late on 24 December 2019 after the prime minister rejected the party's proposals on constitution amendments.[17] The failure to quit the government despite repeated calls before had put a deadlock on the negotiations between the two parties.[18] Hopes of unification suffered a further blow when RJPN announced an electoral alliance with the ruling Nepal Communist Party for the 2020 National Assembly elections.[19] Negotiations for unification still continued through early 2020 with issues relating to power sharing and leadership still becoming a major sticking point for both parties.[20][21] The deadlock finally broke on 23 April 2020 however and the two parties finally reached an agreement for a merger just two days after the government issued an ordinance that amended the Political Party Act which made it possible for a party to split if supported by 40% of either the party's central committee or its parliamentarians,[22][23] The new party, People's Socialist Party, Nepal was officially registered with the Election Commission on 9 July 2020.[24]

Ideology

The party advocates for identity based federalism and a more inclusive parliament. They also support a more decentralized government structure which guarantees more power to provincial and local governments. The party wants to implement the agreements of the Nepalese Civil War, Madheshi movement and various movements by different indigenous movements.[25]

Presence in the Legislature

Federal Parliament
Parliament Parliamentary Party Leader Pratinidhi Sabha Rastriya Sabha
1st Federal Parliament of Nepal Rajendra Mahato[26]
34 / 275
3 / 59

Provincial Assemblies
Province Province No. 1 Province No. 2 Bagmati Gandaki Lumbini Sudurpaschim
Seats
3 / 93
54 / 107
1 / 110
2 / 60
6 / 87
2 / 53

Leadership

Executive chairmen of the People's Socialist Party, Nepal

Chairman of the Federal Council

Provincial governments

As of 2020, PSP-N heads the provincial government in Province No. 2. Mohammad Lalbabu Raut is the Chief Minister of Province No. 2

Incumbent Chief Minister from PSP-N
Province Chief Minister Portrait Cabinet Constituency
Province No. 2 Mohammad Lalbabu Raut Lalbabu Raut ministry, 2018 Parsa 1(B)

See also

References
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