Naya Shakti Nepal has expelled its 15 leaders including the party’s federal council member Devendra Poudel.

Issuing a statement on Friday, party coordinator Baburam Bhattarai said that 15 leaders including Poudel have been removed from all the party responsibilities and membership for working against the party’s interests.

The Poudel faction this afternoon had formed a Broader Polarisation Coordination Committee to decide the party’s future political roadmap.

They were planning to hold a national assembly and determine the party’s future political roadmap and manifesto.

The leaders who were expelled by the party are Devendra Poudel, Kumar Poudel, Mahendra Paswan, Bamdev Chhetri, Mukti Pradhan, Sushila Shripaili, Pasang Sherpa, Balawati Sharma, Sharmili Tamang, Tilak Thapa, Amardhoj Lama, Bahid Ansari, Ratna Rana, Hari Chaulagain, and Rabindra Sunuwar.