KATHMANDU, Dec 14: Hridayesh Tripathi, who split from the then Rastriya Janata Party Nepal and formed an independent political group, has announced a new party.
Organizing a program in Kathmandu on Tuesday, he announced the formation of the new party ‘People’s Progressive Party’. Tripathi is the coordinator of the newly-formed party. “We are not interested in unhealthy competition by criticizing other political parties and showing us in a good light,” reads a press statement issued by the party.
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In the last election, he and other leaders of his independent political group had contested the Provincial Assembly and House of Representatives elections with the CPN-UML's election symbol- Sun.
