Kathmandu, Nov. 14 -- Santosh Pariyar, who served as a secretariat member of the Rastriya Swatantra Party, member of parliament and chief whip of the party in the dissolved House of Representatives, has quit the party.

The party confirmed that Pariyar has submitted his resignation paper to the party's Acting President DP Aryal and General Secretary, Kabindra Burlakoti, on Friday.

Pariyar shared that he is planning to launch a new political campaign, according to a notice issued by the party.

After quitting the RSP, he started political meetings with different political groups, including with Janardan Sharma, who recently quit the CPN (Maoist Centre) and launched the Pragatisheel Rastriya Abhiyan. Both Sharma and Pariyar have now announ...