May 9, 2024 07:30 am
The split in the Janata Samajwadi Party-Nepal (JSP-Nepal) on Sunday continues to send ripple effects through Nepali politics. Ashok Rai and six other lawmakers of the party took the initiative to form a new party by rebelling against Chairman Upendra Yadav while he was on a foreign tour. Factions, splits, and divisions are regular occurrences within political parties in Nepal.