At a program organized by RPP at its central office at Chabahil, Kathmandu today to welcome three new central committee members, they also reaffirmed the merger of RPP and Rastriya Janashakti Party (RJP).
Former Prime Minister Lokendra Bahadur Chand had been running the party’s activities parallel stating that the agreement reached with the party president Pashupati Shumsher Rana earlier of their taking turns to run the party was not implemented. An agreement was reached before of running the party on a rotational basis among Rana, Chand and then RJP leader Prakash Chandra Lohani at the time of the merger of the RJP and RPP.
Also, the cadres of Chand fraction were not going to the RPP’s office although the dispute on the appointment of the merged party chairman was resolved two weeks ago after both parties agreeing on rotation basis for the same.
Speaking at the event, RPP Chairman Rana urged for unity among all the nationalist parties, citing the need for a potent force in the country.
“Time has come to forge unity among the nationalist parties and emerge as an alternative force to the ruling parties,” said Rana, accusing the ruling parties of being a failure in leading the country.
Commenting that the incumbent government was unsuccessful to address the issues related to Madhesh and earthquake-hit persons, he underscored piling pressure from the local level for holding local bodies’ election.
Echoing with Rana, leader Chand also spoke of the need for the emergence of a new political force to address the current crisis in the country.
On the occasion, Deepak Bohora, General-Secretary of RPP and parliamentary party leader, shared that the RPP is to go into merger with RPP-Nepal to constitute an alternative nationalist democratic force.
RPP Chair Rana administered the oath to newly appointed central committee members Dil Bikram Rajbhandari, Bindeshower Yadav and Padma Bahadur Tamang. RSS
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