Rastriya Janamukti Party
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| Rastriya Janamukti Party | |
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| राष्ट्रिय जनमुक्ति पार्टी | |
| Party chairperson | Malwar Singh Thapa[1] |
| General Secretary | Bayan Singh Rai[2] |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Website | janamuktiparty.com |
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| See also the politics of Nepal series | |
Rastriya Janamukti Party (National Emancipation Party) is a political party in Nepal. The party was formed in 1990 by the Janjati leader , M. S. Thapa Magar and Gore Bahadur Khapangi as the Nepal Rastriya Janamukti Morcha (Nepal National Janajati Liberation Front), following the Jana Andolan. The Front petitioned the constitutional committee, requesting a federal constitution.[2][3]
The party supported King Gyanendra's take-over in 2002.[4] Khapangi was nominated Minister of Social Affairs.[2]
In the 1999 parliamentary election, Rastriya Janamukti Party fielded 130 candidates.[2] They got 92567 votes (1% of the national vote), but no-one was elected.[5]
In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, the party won 2 seats through the Proportional Representation vote.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) : Activities » Activities Update » Activity Details
- ^ a b c d Rastriya Janamukti Party, Feedback
- ^ Creating a "New Nepal": The Ethnic Dimension
- ^ Local News The Rising Nepal (Daily)
- ^ List of the Political Parties
- ^ Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens
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