Bibeksheel Sajha Party

Bibeksheel Sajha Party
विवेकशील साझा पार्टी
AbbreviationBSP
ChairmanSamikchya Baskota
General SecretaryRanju Darshana
SpokespersonAashutosh Pradhan
Founded26 July 2017 (2017-07-26)
9 December 2020 (2020-12-09) (Refounded)
Merger ofSajha Party
Bibeksheel Nepali
Citizen Discussion Forum
HeadquartersBakhundol, Lalitpur, Nepal[1]
Youth wingBibeksheel Sajha Yuva Sangathan
IdeologyPopulism
Anti-federalism
Anti-Secularism
Seats in Provincial Assemblies
0 / 110
Bagmati Province
Local governments
1 / 753
Mayor/Chairperson
Election symbol
Website
bsp.org.np

The Bibeksheel Sajha Party (Nepali: विवेकशील साझा पार्टी) is a political party in Nepal.[2] It was the sixth largest party of Nepal by popular vote after 2017 Nepalese general election and the fifth largest party in Bagmati provincial assembly.[3]

Background

It was originally founded on 26 July 2017 from the merger of Sajha Party and Bibeksheel Nepal Dal, but the party split on 11 January 2019.[4]

The two parties merged for a second time on 9 December 2020.[5]

Rabindra Mishra, coordinator of Party attempted to merge the Bibeksheel Sajha Party with an ideologically far-right Rastriya Prajratantra Party. Youth leaders of party opposed merger and retained party's original principles rejecting Rabindra Mishra's document 'Changing Course: Nation Above Notion' that proposes abolition of federalism and a plebiscite on secularism.[6]

History

Party Headquarter

On 26 July 2017 it was announced that Sajha Party would merge with Bibeksheel Nepali Dal to form Bibeksheel Sajha Party. The new party would be led under the joint leadership of Rabindra Mishra and Ujwal Bahadur Thapa. The party adopted scales as their electoral symbol.[7][8][9][10]

In the 2017 legislative elections, the party contested 60 seats but won none.[11] Party. The party won 212,336 votes under proportional representation and finished with the sixth highest number of votes in the country. They were unable to cross the three percent threshold to gain seats in the House of Representatives.[12] The party also did not win any seats in the 2017 provincial election under first past the post but won three seats to the Provincial Assembly of Province No. 3 under proportional representation after finishing with the fourth highest number of votes with 124,442 votes.[13] The party decided to support Nepali Congress candidate Radhe Shyam Adhikari in the National Assembly elections on 6 February 2018. Bibeksheel Sajha Party, along with Naya Shakti Party, abstained from voting in the 2018 presidential and vice-presidential elections.[14]

2022 General Election and First Convention

Following Mishra's departure, Bibeksheel Sajha Party participated 2022 Federal and Provincial election.  Bibeksheel Sajha Party did its first general convention in February 11, 2023 electing Chair Samkichya Baskota, Vice-Chairs Milan Pandey and Prakash Chandra Pariyaar, and General Secretary Rajnu Darshana.

Electoral performance

Election Leader(s) Votes Seats Position Resulting government
# % # +/-
2017 Rabindra Mishra
Ujwal Bahadur Thapa 		212,366 2.22
0 / 275
 6th CPN (UML) – CPN (Maoist Centre)

Local election

Election Leader(s) Seats Local level
# +/-
2022 Rabindra Mishra
1 / 753
 +1

Leadership

Party presidents

General Secretary

Spokesperson

  • Ashutosh Pradhan, 2080 - present

Head Office Management

  • Nabaraj Thapa, 2080 - present

Presence in provincial assemblies

Province Election year Seats Resulting Government
No. Position
Bagmati 2017
3 / 110
 5th Opposition

See also

References

  1. ^ "साझा पार्टी". Sajha Party. Retrieved 2020-11-11.
  2. ^ "साझा पार्टी". Sajha Party. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  3. ^ "संसदीय दल". provincialassembly.bagamati.gov.np. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  4. ^ "17 months after unification, Bibeksheel Sajha Party splits". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  5. ^ "Bibeksheel, Sajha re-merge, vow to make it 'option-less' party - OnlineKhabar English News". 9 December 2020. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  6. ^ Setopati, Setopati. "Bibeksheel Sajha endorses Mishra's proposal for abolition of federalism and plebiscite on secularism". Setopati. Retrieved 2021-10-28.
  7. ^ "Rabindra Mishra asks EC to secure Sajha Party's name, election symbol". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  8. ^ "Mishra quits BBC to form 'Sajha Party'". The Kathmandu Post. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Journalist Mishra registers Sajha Party". Republica. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Rabindra Mishra's brainchild is born: Sajha Party proposes Balance as its election symbol". Onlinekhabar. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Bibeksheel Sajha contesting for 60 seats, with focus on Valley". Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  12. ^ "Only five parties crossed the threshold margin in PR votes - People's Review". People's Review. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  13. ^ "EC announces PR seats for Provincial Assembly". My Republica. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  14. ^ "Bibeksheel Sajha, Naya Shakti abstained from presidential poll". My Republica. Retrieved 2018-04-19.