Mahantha Thakur has been appointed the presidium coordinator of Rastriya Janta Party Nepal (RJP).
A meeting of the party at its central office in Babar Mahal on Sunday has appointed Thakur as coordinator of the presidium effective from Monday.
A press release issued in the name of current coordinator Raj Kishore Yadav states that Thakur has been handed over the responsibility as per the rotation system enshrined in the party statute.