Former minister Umesh Yadav joins JSP-Nepal

Summary

Former Minister Umesh Yadav, previously with the Nepali Communist Party, has joined Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal, welcomed by Chair Upendra Yadav. He left NCP before joining JSP-Nepal and had recently contested and lost a provincial assembly seat in Saptari-2.

Key Points
  • Umesh Yadav, former Minister for Irrigation and central committee member of NCP, has joined Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal.
  • He was welcomed by JSP-Nepal Chair Upendra Yadav at the party's central office with traditional honors.
  • Yadav quit the NCP, led by Pushpa Kamal Dahal, prior to joining JSP-Nepal.
  • In recent elections, Yadav contested for a provincial assembly seat from Saptari-2 but was defeated by Mahesh Prasad Yadav of the Janamat Party.
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