Sadbhavana Party

Sadbhavana Party is a political party in Nepal. The party emerged from a major split in the Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandidevi) in the summer of 2007.[4] Laxman Lal Karna was the joint chair of the party.[2]

Sadbhavana Party

सद्भावना पार्टी
PresidentRajendra Mahato[1]
General SecretaryManish Kumar Suman[2]
SpokespersonSantosh Kumar Mehta
Founded2007
Dissolved21 April 2017
Succeeded byRastriya Janata Party Nepal
HeadquartersLakhechaur Marg, New Baneshwor, Kathmandu
Student wingStudent Front
Youth wingSadhbhawana Youth Front
Labour wingMadheshi Trade Union Federation
IdeologyFederalism
Participatory democracy
Patriotism
Political positionCentre-left
International affiliationSocialist International,
Progressive Alliance[3]
Election symbol

History

Initially the party also used the name "Nepal Sadbhavana Party (Anandidevi)", but the party was not recognised by the Election Commission of Nepal by that name. Rajendra Mahato, Minister for Industry and Commerce, resigned from the government in protest.[2] The party was later registered with the Election Commission of Nepal ahead of the 2008 Constituent Assembly election as Sadbhavana Party.[5]

The party was a founding member of the United Democratic Madhesi Front along with Madheshi Janaadhikar Forum, Nepal and Terai Madhesh Democratic Party. The front was a key part of the second Madhes movement and demanded federalism, propotional representation and population-based constituency demarcation be ensured in the Interim Constitution.[6]

Constituent Assembly and dissolution

In the elections the party gained nine seats to the 1st Constituent Assembly. Sadbhavana Party joined the government led by CPN (Maoist) with party president Rajendra Mahato joining the cabinet as Minister for Commerce and Supplies. In August 2011, Anil Kumar Jha split the party with five CA members and formed Sanghiya Sadbhavana Party.[7] Later Ram Naresh Rae split the party with two CA members and formed Rastriya Sadbhavana Party.

In the 2013 Constituent Assembly election, the party won six seats to the 2nd Constituent Assembly. The party reformed the United Democratic Madhesi Front with other Madhes-based parties in 2015 against the proposed constitution blaming the major political parties of not implementing agreements between them in the past. The protests continued after the constitution was passed by the house resulting in a prolonged agitation in Madhes.[8][9]

On 21 April 2017 the party merged with Tarai Madhes Loktantrik Party, Nepal Sadbhawana Party, Terai Madhes Sadbhawana Party, Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum (Republican) and Rastriya Madhesh Samajwadi Party to form Rastriya Janata Party Nepal.[10][11]

Electoral performance
Election Leader Votes Seats Position Resulting government
# % # +/-
2008 Rajendra Mahato and Laxman Lal Karna 167,517 1.56
9 / 575
 8th Maoist–CPN (UML)–MJFN–Sadbhavana
2013 Rajendra Mahato and Laxman Lal Karna 133,271 1.41
6 / 575
 3 9th Congress–CPN (UML)–RPP

References
  1. United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) : Activities » Activities Update » Activity Details Archived 2008-05-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. The Rising Nepal
  3. nepalresearch.org/publications/harvard_9903.htm
  4. eKantipur.com - Nepal's No.1 News Portal
  5. पार्टीको सूची — Election Commission of Nepal Archived 2013-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Save the Madhes - Nepali Times". archive.nepalitimes.com. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  7. "Disintegration of Madhesi Parties: An Analysis | IPCS". www.ipcs.org. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  8. "Nepali Times | The Brief » Blog Archive » Is Morcha losing control?". Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  9. "Politics in Tarai 'volatile' as charter nears finish". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  10. Post Report (2014-12-01). "Six Madhes-based parties unite to form Rastriya Janata Party (Update)". Ekantipur. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  11. "Six Madhes-based parties under one umbrella". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2020-12-18.


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