 However, following disagreements with the Nepali Congress, Tanka Prasad Acharya and Bhadrakali Mishra, another senior politician of the Nepali Congress, split off from the party and reactivated the Nepal Praja Parishad in the 1950s.The party served in the government of Matrika Prasad Koirala in 1953, and remained a notable political party in opposition to the Nepali Congress.Tanka Prasad Acharya was even made Prime Minister by King Mahendra in 1956.