[11] Party president Mahantha Thakur and senior leader Sharat Singh Bhandari were popular Congress men at a time.
[13] The President of Nepal issued the second ordinance to amend the Political Parties Act on 18 August 2021.
[14][15] This opened the way to formalize the splits inside the dispute between two factions of Janata Samajbadi Party, Nepal.
[21] The party formed a committee for bilateral talks with Nepali Congress consisting Sharbendra Nath Shukla and Laxman Lal Karna in which party senior leader Sharat Singh Bhandari played vital role as mediator.
However, in the general election it was limited to 4 seats only after being unable to cross 3% threshold due to wave of newly formed parties.