- Rastriya Janamukti Party
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party_name = Rastriya Janamukti Party
devanagari_name = राष्ट्रिय जनमुक्ति पार्टी
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president = Malwar Singh Thapa [ [http://www.unmin.org.np/?d=activities&p=activity_detail&aid=69 United Nations Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) : Activities » Activities Update » Activity Details ] ]
secretary = Bayan Singh Rai [http://www.janamuktiparty.com/aboutus.php Rastriya Janamukti Party, Feedback ] ]
foundation = 1990
headquarters = |Kathmandu ideology = |Propotional representation based on population ,federal government and secular region international =
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website = [http://www.janamuktiparty.com janamuktiparty.com]Rastriya Janamukti Party (National Emancipation Party) is a
political party inNepal . The party was formed in1990 by the Janjati leader , M. S. Thapa Magar and Gore Bahadur Khapangi as the Nepal Rastriya Janamukti Morcha (Nepal National Janajati Liberation Front), following the "Jana Andolan ". The Front petitioned the constitutional committee, requesting a federal constitution. [ [http://www.eastwestcenter.org/fileadmin/stored/pdfs/ps034.pdf Creating a "New Nepal": The Ethnic Dimension ] ]The party supported King Gyanendra's take-over in 2002. [ [http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishdaily/trn/2002/oct/oct26/local.htm Local News The Rising Nepal (Daily) ] ] Khapangi was nominated Minister of Social Affairs.
In the 1999 parliamentary election, Rastriya Janamukti Party fielded 130 candidates. They got 92567 votes (1% of the national vote), but no-one was elected. [ [http://www.nepaldemocracy.org/institutions/list_politicalparties.htm List of the Political Parties ] ]
In the 2008 Constituent Assembly election, the party won 2 seats through the
Proportional Representation vote. [ [http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/apr/apr25/news08.php Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens ] ]References
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