The unification of the two parties that was delayed over differences over naming the new party gained momentum after RJP Chairman Surya Bahadur Thapa and RPP Chairman Pashupati SJB Rana reached an agreement on name Wednesday evening.[break]
"We have now reached an agreement to merge the two parties," said RJP Co-Chair Prakash Chandra Lohani. Official announcement of the party unification will be made later this week.
According to RJP central member Kiran Giri, the two parties have made an understanding to dissolve all village-level party committees effective from the day of the unification announcement. However, district committees of both the parties will be kept intact until a unification convention, which will be held within a year.
There has been an agreement to keep the central committees of both the parties intact till the convention. However, the CCs will no longer remain active. "A high-level mechanism comprising leaders of both the parties will look after the party´s affairs till the convention," said Giri.
The two parties have also formed a committee under Bishwa Bandhu Thapa to facilitate the merger of the two parties at village level.
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