More than a thousand leaders and cadres of Rastriya Janata Party Nepal (RJP-N), including RJP-N Bardiya coordinator Dhanesh Kumar Yadav, joined CPN-UML on Sunday.

UML leader Bam Dev Gautam welcomed the new entrants amid a function organised in Bardiya district today.

UML secretary Shaligram Adhikari informed that over one thousand leaders and cadres of RJP-N entered the UML.