KATHMANDU, July 30: Senior Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) leader Mahantha Thakur filed a writ petition at the Supreme Court (SC) against the Election Commission’s (EC) decision to grant legitimacy to the Upendra Yadav-led faction of JSP on Friday.
Earlier, the EC granted legitimacy to the Yadav-led faction of JSP and ordered Thakur to register a new party at the commission.
Yadav was able to garner the signatures of a majority of executive committee members of JSP during a head count at EC. Of the total 56 executive members of the party, 34 supported Yadav, while only 16 members stayed with Thakur.
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