KATHMANDU: Bibeksheel Nepali Dal and Sajha Party are unifying today. The two parties will announce their merger amidst a program to be held at 3 pm.
According to Sajha Party sources, the new party will have a 26-member secretariat committee and 130-member central committee following their unification.
“The two parties will announce their merger at a virtual meeting to be held at 3 pm today,” said Coordinator of Sajha Party Rabindra Mishra.
Earlier, Sajha Party and Bibeksheel Dal had split on January 11, 2019, 16 months after their first unification.
Logo and election symbol will be a scale (taraju) as before after the unification.
Mishra of Sajha Party will be the chairman while Pandey of Bibeksheel will take charge as the coordinator in the new party, according to sources. The agreement letter has it that the party will go for general convention within six months of the unification.
As many as 13 leaders of Bibeksheel including Vice Chairperson Ajita Rai have said they will not take part in the unification process.
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