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Bibeksheel Sajha Party

The Bibeksheel Sajha Party (Nepali: विवेकशील साझा पार्टी) is a political party in Nepal.[2] It was the sixth largest party of Nepal by popular vote after 2017 Nepalese general election. Presently, its the fifth largest party in Bagmati provincial assembly.[3]

Bibeksheel Sajha Party
विवेकशील साझा पार्टी
AbbreviationBSP
ChairmanSamikchya Baskota
General SecretaryRanju Darshana
SpokespersonAashutosh Pradhan
Founded26 July 2017 (2017-07-26)
9 December 2020 (2020-12-09) (Refounded)
Merger ofSajha Party
Bibeksheel Nepali
Citizen Discussion Forum
HeadquartersBakhundol, Lalitpur, Nepal[1]
Youth wingBibeksheel Sajha Yuva Sangathan
IdeologyPopulism
Anti-federalism
Anti-Secularism
Seats in Provincial Assemblies
0 / 110
Bagmati Province
Local governments
1 / 753
Mayor/Chairperson
Election symbol
Website
bsp.org.np

Background edit

It was originally founded on 26 July 2017 from the merger of Sajha Party and Bibeksheel Nepal Dal, but the party split on 11 January 2019.[4]

The two parties merged for a second time on 9 December 2020.[5]

Recently, Bibeksheel Sajha Party has adopted Rabindra Mishra's document 'Changing Course: Nation Above Notion' that proposes abolition of federalism and a plebiscite on secularism.[6] Mishra has been provide the role of chief executive to the party president concluding that granting equal rights to the president and the coordinator led to difficulties in running the party.[6] The document was passed by two third majority of central committee.[7]

History edit

 
Party Headquarter

On 26 July 2017 it was announced that Sajha Party would merge with Bibeksheel Nepali Dal to form Bibeksheel Sajha Party. The new party would be led under the joint leadership of Rabindra Mishra and Ujwal Bahadur Thapa. The party adopted scales as their electoral symbol.[8][9][10][11]

In the 2017 legislative elections, the party contested 60 seats but won none.[12] Party founder and leader Rabindra Mishra lost in Kathmandu to Nepali Congress leader Prakash Man Singh by a margin of just 818 votes.[13] The party won 212,336 votes under proportional representation and finished with the sixth highest number of votes in the country. They were unable to cross the three percent threshold to gain seats in the House of Representatives.[14] The party also did not win any seats in the 2017 provincial election under first past the post but won three seats to the Provincial Assembly of Province No. 3 under proportional representation after finishing with the fourth highest number of votes with 124,442 votes.[15] The party decided to support Nepali Congress candidate Radhe Shyam Adhikari in the National Assembly elections on 6 February 2018. Bibeksheel Sajha Party, along with Naya Shakti Party, abstained from voting in the 2018 presidential and vice-presidential elections.[16]

Split and reformation edit

The party split on 11 January 2019 when party co-coordinator Ujwal Bahadur Thapa, along with 16 central committee members filed an application to register his old party, Bibeksheel Nepali Dal at the Election Commission.[17]

The two parties announced on 20 October 2020 that they were in talks for reunification.[18] The two parties officially announced their reunification on 9 December 2020, twenty-three months after their split. It was also announced that Sajha Party leader Rabindra Mishra would serve as chairman of the new party and Bibeksheel Nepali chairman Milan Pandey would be the co-ordinator.[19]

However, 13 central committee members including vice-chair Ajeeta Rai and office management secretary Sangita Bataju who had opposed the second unification decided not to go with the merge.[20] The group later formed Nepal Bibeksheel Party under the leadership of Karma Tamang. [21]

Electoral performance edit

Election Leader(s) Votes Seats Position Resulting government
# % # +/-
2017 Rabindra Mishra
Ujwal Bahadur Thapa 		212,366 2.22
0 / 275
 6th CPN (UML) – CPN (Maoist Centre)

Local election edit

Election Leader(s) Seats Local level
# +/-
2022 Rabindra Mishra
1 / 753
 +1

Leadership edit

Party presidents edit

General Secretary edit

Spokesperson edit

  • Ashutosh Pradhan, 2080 - present

Head Office Management edit

  • Nabaraj Thapa, 2080 - present

Presence in provincial assemblies edit

Province Election year Seats Resulting Government
No. Position
Bagmati 2017
3 / 110
 5th Opposition

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "साझा पार्टी". Sajha Party. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  2. ^ "साझा पार्टी". Sajha Party. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  3. ^ "संसदीय दल". provincialassembly.bagamati.gov.np. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  4. ^ "17 months after unification, Bibeksheel Sajha Party splits". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  5. ^ "Bibeksheel, Sajha re-merge, vow to make it 'option-less' party - OnlineKhabar English News". 9 December 2020. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  6. ^ a b Setopati, Setopati. "Bibeksheel Sajha endorses Mishra's proposal for abolition of federalism and plebiscite on secularism". Setopati. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  7. ^ "Bibeksheel Sajha passes proposal to abolish federalism with two-thirds majority". Khabarhub. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  8. ^ "Rabindra Mishra asks EC to secure Sajha Party's name, election symbol". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Mishra quits BBC to form 'Sajha Party'". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Journalist Mishra registers Sajha Party". Republica. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Rabindra Mishra's brainchild is born: Sajha Party proposes Balance as its election symbol". Onlinekhabar. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  12. ^ "Bibeksheel Sajha contesting for 60 seats, with focus on Valley". Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  13. ^ "With Mishra's defeat, Bibeksheel Sajha loses hope for direct win". Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  14. ^ "Only five parties crossed the threshold margin in PR votes - People's Review". People's Review. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  15. ^ "EC announces PR seats for Provincial Assembly". My Republica. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  16. ^ "Bibeksheel Sajha, Naya Shakti abstained from presidential poll". My Republica. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  17. ^ "17 months after unification, Bibeksheel Sajha Party splits". kathmandupost.ekantipur.com. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  18. ^ "Bibeksheel Nepali", Wikipedia, 2020-11-09, retrieved 2020-11-09
  19. ^ Republica. "Sajha Party and Bibeksheel Nepali merge to form Bibeksheel Sajha Party". My Republica. Retrieved 2020-12-09.
  20. ^ "13 including Vice Chair Ajita Rai quit Bibeksheel Nepali Party". Khabarhub. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
  21. ^ "Nepal Bibeksheel Party registered in Election commission". thehimalayantimes. 21 November 2021. Retrieved 2022-04-16.
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