KATHMANDU: Secretariat member of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) and former lawmaker Santosh Pariyar has left the party.

Pariyar, who also served as the chief whip of RSP in the dissolved House of Representatives, submitted his resignation to the party’s Acting Chairperson, Dol Prasad Aryal.

“I will not remain in any responsibility of RSP from today as I have to be active in a different political campaign to connect Nepali politics with nation’s welfare and people’s life in this historical moment by adopting the changing context as well as will not remain even ordinary member of the party,” reads the resignation letter.

Sharing that Pariyar has left the party, RSP Spokesperson Manish Jha wished him for his upcoming political journey.