Yadav, who has led JSP-Nepal since its inception, faced no challengers for the position.

Yadav took to social media to thank those who elected him unopposed. “I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the representatives, observers, leaders, cadres, well-wishers, and the entire party ranks for re-electing me unopposed as the chairman of Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal,” Yadav said in a Facebook post.

According to the election committee, nominations are being filed for the 201-member central committee.

The convention comes at a crucial time when the court weighs a verdict on the legality of Ashok Rai forming a party.

Seven of the 12 JSP-Nepal lawmakers, among other leaders of the party, split the JSP-Nepal to form a new outfit–Janata Samajbadi Party–at the Election Commission last month. Yadav moved the Supreme Court challenging the commission’s decision to register the splinter group as a new party. The case is sub-judice.

The JSP-Nepal’s central committee in January, two months before the split, decided to hold the unity general convention in June. This is the first unity convention held after the merger of various Madhesh-based parties, Manish Kumar Suman, spokesperson for the JSP-Nepal, told the Post.