Kathmandu, March 25 -- The Janamat Party and the Nagarik Unmukti Party (NUP), two regional parties that emerged in national politics following the November 2022 election, are considering unification.

The task forces formed by the parties to discuss unification held their formal meeting on Sunday to assess the prospects of the merger.

"Sunday's meeting has decided to convene another round of meetings after the task forces of both parties review the document prepared for the unification within their respective parties," said Gangaram Chaudhary, who is leading the NUP taskforce.

A two-day central committee meeting of the NUP, held on Friday and Saturday, decided to set up the taskforce under the coordination of lawmaker Chaudhary. Accordi...