INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, December 29Independent member of the House
of Representatives Prabhu Sah today launched a new party -- the Aam Janata Party
Former Minister Badri Neupane, who had merged his Chure Bhawar Party with the CPN- UML, has joined the Sah-led party.
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Sah,
who left the CPN-UML on the eve of the parliamentary elections, contested election from his home constituency of Rautahat Constituency No 3
as an independent and won.
Sah started his political career as a Maoist, but later switched his allegiance to the UML
His association with the UML did not last long as he left the UML to contest parliamentary election as an independent
UML leaders had accused Sah of holding on to the party ticket till the last moment on the nomination filing day and filing his nomination as
an independent candidate just to prevent the UML from fielding its candidate.Sah has strong political clout in his home district of Rautahat
He wanted to be the Madhes in-charge of the CPN-Maoist Centre before joining the UML
He had quit the party after he did not get the role he desired
Sah has formed a talks team to rope in other like-minded parties for unification.AJP Central Committee member Chandra Bhushan Sah said his
party has formed a three-member talks team to hold talks with all progressive forces, including the CPN-MC
"We want to see polarisation of progressive forces and the coming together of the CPN-MC and the CPN- UML is a step in the right
direction."A version of this article appears in the print on December 30, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
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