Kathmandu, May 9 -- The Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal has announced to knock the judiciary's door against the Election Commission's decision to recognise its spliter group as a new political party.

The party led by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Health and Population Upendra Yadav has concluded that the registration of Janata Samajbadi Party chaired by Ashok Rai is illegal.

"The new party was registered overnight even without the law to do so. Never in history has any new party been registered so swiftly," said Yadav, during a news conference on Wednesday. "We will move the court against the illegal decision."

As there are no legal provisions in the Political Parties Act relating to the formation of a new party after a split in ...