Kathmandu, March 13 -- The Janamat Party and the Nagarik Unmukti Party, the forces that emerged in the country's plains from the 2022 general elections, are in the final stage of unification.

Leaders of the two regional parties confirmed their preparations for the merger with the aim of becoming a bigger force to push ethnic identity-based politics mainly in southern Nepal and a decisive entity in Parliament from the next general elections. The Janamat Party is based in the Madhesh Province while some western Tarai districts are strongholds of the Unmukti Party.

Resham Lal Chaudhary, the founding chair of the Unmukti Party, said that the merger process is set to begin and discussions regarding the new party's political documents, name, ...