Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Republican)

The Madhesi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Republican), was a political party in Nepal.[2] It existed as one of the important political force during the first constituent assembly.[3]

Not to be confused with Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal, a leftist party under the chairmanship of Upendra Yadav.
Madheshi Jana Adhikar Forum, Nepal (Republican)
मधेसी जनअधिकार फोरम, नेपाल (गणतान्त्रिक)
AbbreviationMJF (G)/MJFN (G)
PresidentJay Prakash Gupta
Deputy chairmanRaj Kishor Yadav
Founded24 May 2011
Dissolved20 April 2017
Split fromMJF
Succeeded byRastriya Janata Party, Nepal
HeadquartersKathmandu, Nepal
Youth wingMadhesi Youth Forum (Republican)
IdeologySocial democracy[1]
Political positionCentre-left

Later the party merged with several other parties to form Rastriya Janata Party Nepal.[4] At that time the chairmanship was taken over by Raj Kishor Yadav.

History

Formation

In March 2011, the party decided to support a new coalition government of CPN (UML) and CPN (Maoist) under Jhala Nath Khanal.[5] In the month of May, Upendra Yadav was inducted as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign affairs in the cabinet.[6] The party faced another split on 24 May 2011 after Jay Prakash Prasad Gupta broke away from the party with 13 members of the Constituent Assembly to form Madhesi Janaadhikar Forum (Republican) after criticizing party chairman Upendra Yadav of supporting the Maoists.[7] The split left MJFN with 11 seats in the Constituent Assembly being smallest in size among the parties with same name.[8]

Later, chaiman of the party Jay Prakash Gupta was jailed in the corruption case while he was an incumbent minister in Bhattarai cabinet.[9] Party deputy chairman took over as chairman of the party and as Minister of Information and Communication in the government. After this the party faced numerous minor splits and disintegration.

Second constituent assembly

The party managed to win only a seat under proportional representation. Even party chairman Raj Kishor Yadav lost his seat to Nepali Congress candidate.[10]

Leadership

Chairman

Deputy chairman

Electoral performance
Election Leader Votes Seats Position Resulting government
FPTP Proportional
No. % No. % No. +/–
2013 Raj Kishor Yadav 33,982 0.36 35,289 0.39
1 / 575
 14 Nepali Congress–CPN (UML)–RPP

References
  1. "The MJF states social democracy as its guiding principle". Archived from the original on 2009-08-23. Retrieved 2010-01-02.
  2. "मधेस राजनीतिका चोटपटक". Nepal Live. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  3. "मधेसवादी दलमा टुटफुटको निरन्तरता". GorakhaPatra. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  4. झा, जितेन्द्रकुमार. "नामसँगै सकियो फोरमको अजेन्डा". nagariknews.nagariknetwork.com (in Nepali). Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  5. Jha, Prashant (2011-03-23). "UML, Maoists sign deal with Madhesi party". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  6. "Upendra Yadav becomes new Nepal DPM and Foreign Minister". Zee News. 2011-05-05. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  7. "Disintegration of Madhesi Parties: An Analysis | IPCS". www.ipcs.org. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  8. https://ekantipur.com/other/2011/05/24/329851.html
  9. "भ्रष्टाचारको आरोपमा मन्त्री गुप्ता जेल चलान". BBC News नेपाली (in Nepali). 2012-02-21. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
  10. Pradhan, Shirish B. (2013-11-24). "Nepali Congress maintains lead over CPN-UML in polls". mint. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
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