Ghanashyam Bhusal is joining the CPN (Unified Socialist) on Friday.

The Unified Socialist spokesperson Jagannath Khatiwada confirmed that Bhusal’s ‘self-announcement program’ is slated for 2pm Friday. “In the program, he will announce his entry to the party.”

Prior to the November elections, Bhusal had quit the CPN-UML when denied an electoral ticket in Rupandehi-1. He contested the polls as an independent candidate but lost to UML’s Chhabilal Bishwakarma.

Bhusal was elected to the House of Representatives from Rupandehi-3 in the 2017 elections but was denied a ticket this time by UML chair KP Sharma Oli.

He was the UML’s deputy general secretary. He also served as the Agriculture minister in the Oli-led Cabinet in 2019.