JSP picks Upendra Yadav as parliamentary party leader

Setopati

Kathmandu, May 22

Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) has picked party chairman Upendra Yadav as its parliamentary party leader.

According to Yadav's personal secretary Mahesh Chaurasiya, a meeting of the JSP parliamentary party held on Monday unanimously picked Yadav as the parliamentary party leader.

Yadav was elected to the House of Representatives after winning the by-election held in the Bara-2 constituency on April 23. He had earlier suffered defeat in Saptari-2 in the election held on November 20, 2022.

The by-election was held in Bara-2 as the seat had fallen vacant after Yadav’s confidant Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav, who was elected from the constituency in the November 20 election, was elected the country’s vice-president.

The post of JSP parliamentary party leader had also remained vacant after Ram Sahay Prasad became vice-president.

JSP has 12 lawmakers in the HoR.