Three central members of the Ujyalo Nepal Party (UNepa)—Dikendra Singh Thegim, Gyan Bahadur Gurung, and Amar Ijam—have resigned from the party, stating they will also relinquish ordinary membership. Among them, Thegim was included as a proportional candidate in the Adibasi Janajati cluster.
The resigning leaders have notable political backgrounds. Dikendra Singh Thegim previously served as the coordinator of the Province No. 1 Renaming Joint Struggle Committee, while Gurung and Amar Ijam were associated with the Nagarik Unmukti Party. All three have long led movements advocating for renaming nine districts of Arun-Est to “Limbuwan”.
The leaders cited weak internal democracy, unclear ideology and methodology, and the absence of a written identity-related agenda as reasons for leaving the party. After their departure, they plan to work independently to strengthen the Joint Identity Front.
Thegim’s inclusion as the third proportional candidate in the Adibasi Janajati cluster had occurred before the party’s internal rifts. Following the formation of UNepa by Kulman Ghising and the subsequent split with Rastriya Swatantra Party (RASWAP), some leaders initially remained with RASWAP, while others aligned with UNepa, causing internal tensions.
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