Ansari said they are trying to give the new party a reflection of social structures by ensuring proportional representations based on population of all the religions, communities, regions and genders in the central committee as well as other structures of the new party.
Former CPN-UML Vice-Chairman Ashok Rai
The leaders who had recently quit CPN-UML are busy in final preparations to announce the new party in a week or two.
Former CPN-UML Vice-Chairman Ashok Rai and eight other central level leaders, who had quit the party on October 4, are expected to finalize the new party´s manifesto, party statute and its political programs within a couple of days.
They quit CPN-UML vowing to form a new party to champion for single ethnic identity-based federalism and social inclusion. They have already proposed to name the new political party as Federal Socialist Party and it is most likely that Ashok Rai will head the new political force.
Ashok Rai and other leaders had vowed to form the new party by mid October. Also, former Peace Minister Rakam Chemjong, who quit the party, reaffirmed their position on Friday.
Another leader actively involved in establishing the new party Rijwan Ansari said they were working hard with a plan to announce the new party in a week.
“Key documents are in the final stage and only a final touch is needed, and the party´s organizational structure is almost final,” Ansari told Republica.
However, a leader actively working to shape the new party Ajambar Rai Kangmang believed that it may take some more days. “It will definitely take a few more days before we finalize the leadership issue,” Kangmang told Republica.
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