In Nepal, Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) led by Pashupati Shumsher Rana and Rastriya Janashakti Party (RJP) led by Surya Bahadur Thapa have merged to form a new party – Rastriya Shakti Prajatantra Party (RSPP).<br/><br/> The two parties announced their merger at a joint press conference in Kathamdu today in the presence of both the parties' chairmen.<br/><br/> Party sources said, a committee has been formed to oversee the strengthening of the new party at the grass root level and hold a new general convention within a year to elect the new party leadership. Till then the RPP Chairman Pashupati Shumsher Rana and RJP Chairman Surya Bahadur Thapa would to lead the new party on rotational basis.