The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday recognized the Upendra Yadav-led faction of Madhesi Janadikar Forum (MJF) as the establishment faction and asked Bijaya Kumar Gachchhadar-led faction of the party to form a new party.
In a hearing conducted over the legitimacy of the two factions of the party today, the bench comprising Acting Chief Election Commissioner Neel Kantha Uprety and Commissioner Dolakh Bahadur Gurung decided in favor of Yadav-led faction by awarding it the status of official party.
Lawyers representing both the factions had put forward their arguments to support the claim of their respective factions they represented.
The EC had on July 21 decided to conduct a hearing over the dispute as to which of the two MJF factions is the official party.
Earlier, Yadav led faction claimed that Gachchhadar led faction doesn't even have the required support to form a new party.
But Gachchhadar-faction claimed it had support of majority of party's central members and should be recognized as the establishment faction. nepalnews.com

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