Bhattarai, Yadav picked as chairpersons of Nepal Samajwadi Party

KATHMANDU: Baburam Bhattarai and Mahindra Raya Yadav have been picked as the chairpersons of the newly-formed Nepal Samajwadi Party.

The party was formed after Dr Bhattarai led team quit the Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP), Nepal, some weeks ago.

The first meeting of the party held in Lalitpur on Saturday formed 189-member central committee, selecting Dr Bhattarai and Yadav as the chairpersons.

Ganga Narayan Shrestha is named as the party’s co-chair while Hisila Yami, Durga Sob and Bhakta Bahadur Shah are the vice-chairs.

Ramesh Prasad Yadav is picked as the party’s general secretary. RSS