KATHMANDU: Founder General Secretary of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Karnali Provincial Committee Chandra BK and Acting President of Surkhet District Committee Jagat Basnet have quit the party.

The two and several other RSP leaders have joined the Nepali Congress (NC), the party has claimed.

NC Vice President Bishwa Prakash Sharma welcomed them to the party amid a ceremony in Surkhet on Sunday.