Madhesi Janadhikar Forum Madhesh

Political party in Nepal

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Madhesi Janadhikar Forum Madhesh is a political party in Nepal, and a splinter group of the main Madhesi Janadhikar Forum. The split occurred in September 2007, as the MJF vice chairmen Bhagyanath Gupta and Kishor Kumar Bishwash and Ram Kumar Sharma and Jitendra Sonal were expelled from MJF. Gupta became chairman, Sharma general secretary, Bishwash and Sonal vice chairmen of the new party. However, Sonal and Sharma were expelled from the party in December 2007.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The party was one of the last parties to be registered with the Election Commission of Nepal ahead of the 2008 Constituent Assembly election.^[4]^[5] The party is a member of the Federal Republic National Front, but has reportedly rejected the deal between FRNF and the Government of Nepal signed on March 1, 2008.^[6]

External links

Interview: Vijay Kant Karna, political analyst and associate professor of political science at Tribhuvan University regarding Madhes compact with government and people (pre-earthquake)

References

^ eKantipur.com - Nepal's No.1 News Portal Archived 2007-11-13 at the Wayback Machine
^ eKantipur.com - Nepal's No.1 News Portal Archived 2008-04-30 at the Wayback Machine
^ Govt-FRNF talks afoot « Nepal Travel and Tourism news,Nepal news, news of Nepal,Nepal Mountain,Political,Expedition,Business,Sports and Everest news^{[permanent dead link]}
^ पार्टीको सूची — Election Commission of Nepal Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Peoples Review Online news portal - 11 more parties register for election".
^ Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens^{[permanent dead link]}