Kathmandu, Nov. 8 -- The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) that was until recently opposed to any kind of alliance for the upcoming elections, has now opened the door for it.

As several new and alternative political forces have shown interest in joining hands with the RSP for the March 5 parliamentary elections, party acting chairman DP Aryal has proposed keeping that option open in his political document tabled in the party's plenum that kicked off in Chitwan on Friday.

"The RSP decided to keep open the option of forming electoral and operational alliances with other political parties and organisations for the elections," said Aryal. However, he did not specify which parties or political forces the RSP might collaborate with.

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