Barahapokhari Rural Municipality Vice-Chairman Bhuwal Rai has joined the Shram Sanskriti Party. Rai, who won the 2079 local elections from the then CPN-UML in the democratic-left alliance, joined the program held in Barahapokhari on Friday. 

According to Pratap Rai, Chairman of Shram Sanskriti Party Khotang, Rai, who was also a member of the CPN-S provincial committee and district committee secretariat, was currently in the Nepal Communist Party. He has joined along with local leaders and activists of Congress and UML. 

They were welcomed by Shram Sanskriti Party District Chairman Pratap Rai, candidate Aren Rai, and leader Nirmal Rai.