Santosh Pariyar

Santosh Pariyar is a Nepalese politician and former member of Pratinidhi Sabha and Pragatisheel Loktantrik Party politician. He left Rastriya Swatantra Party amidst the ideology void to join leftist force. On the other hand, it was reported that Pariyar was in talk with Janardan Sharma led Progressive Campaign, Nepal to form Progressive Democratic Party.
He is also a member of the 2nd Federal Parliament of Nepal also served as a chief whip of the Rastriya Swatantra Party. In the 2022 Nepalese general election he was elected as a proportional representative from the Dalit people category.