Federal Socialist Party

Federal Socialist Party, Nepal

संघिय समाजवादी पार्टी
Federal Socialist Party, Nepal संघिय समाजवादी पार्टी
Leader	Ashok Rai
Founded	2012
Split from	CPN (UML)
Succeeded by	Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal
Headquarters	Kathmandu, Nepal
Youth wing	Federal Youth Federation
Ideology	Identity based federalism[citation needed]
	Politics of Nepal; Political parties; Elections;

Federal Socialist Party (Nepali: संघिय समाजवादी पार्टी) was a political party of Nepal led by Ashok Rai formed in 2012.

History

Ashok Rai, who was the vice-chair of CPN (UML) and Rajendra Prasad Shrestha, a central committee member of the party, broke away from the CPN (UML) to form the Federal Socialist Party in November 2012. They accused the CPN (UML) leadership of not listening to the aspirations of Janajati leaders within the party and organized a new party to contest the 2013 Constituent Assembly election.^[1]^[2] The party failed to get any constituency seats but won five proportional seats to the 2nd Constituent Assembly. The party merged with Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal and Khas Samabesi Party in June 2015 to form the Federal Socialist Forum, Nepal.^[3]

Election	Leader	Votes		Seats	Position	Resulting government
2013	Ashok Kumar Rai	121,274	1.28	5 / 575	11th	Congress-CPN (UML)-RPP

^ Basnet, Chudamani (2019-11-30). "The Federal Socialist Forum: Incipient Middle Caste Politics in Nepal?". Studies in Nepali History and Society. 24 (2): 355.
^ "संघीय समाजवादीको घोषणापत्रमा सहकारी संघीयता". Online Khabar. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
^ "Three parties merge to become Sanghiya Samajbadi Forum-Nepal". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-12-13.

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