KATHMANDU, Sept 21: Chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal, Kamal Thapa has commented that attempts to abandon national interest and the constitution for political gain have failed.

KATHMANDU, September 16: Rastriya Prajatantra Party- Nepal (RPP-N) Chairman Kamal Thapa has congratulated Kathmandu Mayor Balendra Shah (Balen) and Deputy Mayor Sunita Dangol for finding the lost Tukucha River.

KATHMANDU, August 25: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Nepal Chairman Kamal Thapa has said that the efforts of Mayor Balendra Shah (Balen) to demolish the illegal structures built inside the Kathmandu Metropolitan City and make the country's capital clean and beautiful are commendable.

KATHMANDU, August 22: Chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal, Kamal Thapa, has said that he is ready to form an alliance with the CPN-UML for the November elections to the House of Representatives (HoR) and provincial assemblies.

KATHMANDU, April 16: RPP Nepal Chairman Kamal Thapa has said that the possibility of the King returning to power ended. “'I left the king's agenda for various reasons. It may seem bitter, but the king is not likely to return,” tweeted Thapa.

KATHMANDU, April 9: Chairman of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party-Nepal (RPP- Nepal) Kamal Thapa has indicated that the party will coordinate with the main opposition CPN-UML for the local level election scheduled for May 13.

KATHMANDU, March 30: RPP Nepal Chairman Kamal Thapa has said that monarchy is not an option for the political parties. Talking to media persons today, Thapa said that the alternative for a political party in a democracy is another political party.

KATHMANDU, March 28: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Nepal Chairman Kamal Thapa has claimed that his party will be established as a strong force in the coming days.

KATHMANDU, March 2: RPP Nepal Chairman Kamal Thapa has said that reinstatement of monarchy is not included in his party’s strategy.

KATHMANDU, Feb 19: RPP Nepal Chairman Kamal Thapa has accused Rastriya Prajatantra Party (TPP) Chairman Rajendra Lingden of trying to end his political future. Thapa said that he was forced to launch a new campaign after the monarchy sided with the faction and ignored the requests made by the party’s leadership.

KATHMANDU, Feb 18: Former Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) chairman Kamal Thapa is set to announce his chairmanship of RPP Nepal on Saturday. Thapa has also urged leaders and political members who have helped him in the past to join RPP Nepal as well.

Kamal Thapa is the chairman of RPP Nepal

February 14, 2022 10:46 am

KATHMANDU, Feb 14: Outgoing Chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party Kamal Thapa has become the Chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal.

BIRATNAGAR, Feb 11: Former Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Kamal Thapa has said that he is still in favor of constitutional monarchy.

KATHMANDU, Feb 10: Former Rastriya Prajatantra (RPP) Party Chairman Pashupati Sumsher JBR  has said that he is hopeful that the outgoing RPP Chairman Kamal Thapa who recently abandoned the party will return to the party again.

Kamal Thapa forming a Hindu party

February 9, 2022 11:49 am

KATHMANDU, Feb 9: Kamal Thapa, who has announced his separation from the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), is busy with the homework of forming a new party.

KATHMANDU, Feb 9: A meeting of the office-bearers of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has lamented  the decision of its former chairperson, Kamal Thapa, to quit the party.

Kamal Thapa quits RPP

February 8, 2022 14:22 pm

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: Former RPP Chairman Kamal Thapa has announced his separation from the Rastriya Prajatantra party (RPP). Speaking at a press conference in Hetauda on Tuesday, Thapa announced that he had decided to quit RPP.

Thapa preparing to form a new party

February 8, 2022 11:21 am

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: Outgoing Rastriya Prajatantra Party Chairman Kamal Thapa is preparing to announce a new party, said a leader close to Thapa.

KATHMANDU, Jan 6: Outgoing Chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Kamal Thapa has said that he will start a campaign in favor of Hindu nation from January 11.

KATHMANDU, Jan 1: Former Chairperson of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Kamal Thapa has decided to launch a 'new campaign' in the favor of Hindu nation from January 11.

KATHMANDU, Dec 14: Outgoing Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Kamal Thapa has written a letter to newly elected Chairman Rajendra Lingden expressing strong indignation towards former King Gyanendra Shah.

KATHMANDU, Dec 7: Immediate past chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Kamal Thapa has once again claimed that former King Gyanendra Shah had interfered in the party's general convention.

KATHMANDU, Dec 5: Newly-elected chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), Rajendra Lingden has said that they cannot afford to to make the party as dull and inactive as it has been in the past.

KATHMANDU, Dec 5: The outgoing Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Kamal Thapa has accused former King Gyanendra Shah of intervening in the Unity General Convention on the party in order to defeat him.

Rajendra Lingden wins RPP chairmanship

December 5, 2021 09:12 am

KATHMANDU, Dec 5: Rajendra Lingden has been elected as the chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP).

KATHMANDU, Dec 4: The voting for the election of new 199-member working committee of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has started in Bhrikutimandap as a part of the party’s Unity General Convention.

KATHMANDU, Dec 3: The current Chairman Kamal Thapa and leader Rajendra Lingden have registered their candidacies for the chairmanship of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) in its Unity General Convention underway in the capital.

KATHMANDU, Dec 3: Kamal Thapa and Rajendra Lingden, who have announced their candidacies for the post of Rastriya Prajatantra Party chairman, announced their teams on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, Dec 1: The General Convention of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) is being held in Kathmandu today.

KATHMANDU, Dec 1: The Unity General Convention of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) is being held in Kathmandu on Wednesday. The inaugural ceremony of the general convention is scheduled to start at 1PM at Bhrikutimandap.

KATHMANDU, Nov 30: Chairman of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Kamal Thapa is literally left alone as all his close aides have decided to support his rival Rajendra Lingden as the party prepares to hold its national general convention to elect new leadership.

KATHMANDU, Nov 29: Rastriya Prajatantra Party Chairman Kamal Thapa has decided to contest again for the post of party president in the upcoming general convention scheduled to begin from December 1.

KATHMANDU, Nov 11: Chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Kamal Thapa has urged Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba not to be aggressive towards the former king. Chairman Thapa made the request through a social networking site after Prime Minister Deuba challenged former King Gyanendra Shah to contest election if he had any wish to rule the country.

KATHMANDU, Sept 13: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Kamal Thapa has vowed never to split the party. Speaking at a program organized by the Rastriya Prajatantra Party District Working Committee, Bhaktapur on Monday, Thapa said that the RPP, which had a different ideology from the Communist and Nepali Congress would never split.

JHAPA, Feb 21: Chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), Kamal Thapa has said the election announced by the government is an appropriate means to find a way out of the existing crisis and it should be taken as an opportunity.

Saurav Bhandari slams Kamal Thapa, and other top politicians. He says Nepal’s political scenario will be very different in two months from now

Republica Morning Brief: Oct 16

October 16, 2020 06:00 am

In case you missed them, here are some of the important stories Republica covered on Thursday.

RPP Chairman Thapa catches COVID-19

October 15, 2020 20:12 pm

KATHMANDU, Oct 15: Chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), Kamal Thapa has been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

KATHMANDU, May 21: Former foreign minister Kamal Thapa has said that India is to be blamed for the tension that has surfaced between Nepal and India after New Delhi unilaterally built and inaugurated a road through the Lipu Lekh Pass, which is a Nepali territory.

KATHMANDU, March 10: Chairperson of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party Kamal Thapa has expressed confidence that the new party will emerge as an alternative force in the country after the unification between his party and Rastriya Prajatantra Party (united).

SURKHET, Feb 24: Chairperson of Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Kamal Thapa, today said ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has unnecessarily picked disputes regarding the US Millennium Challenge Corporation, thus creating unnecessary doubts about the project.

RUPANDEHI, Feb 18: Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) chair Kamal Thapa has said the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) related to the US assistance is in the interest of Nepal.

KASKI, Feb 17: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) chair Kamal Thapa has described the amendment to the Media Council Bill and the Information Technology Bill before presenting them to the Parliament as a positive one.

KATHMANDU, Jan 29: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has held its central working committee meeting on Wednesday.

KATHMANDU, Jan 16: The Kamal Thapa-led Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) will hold its central working committee meeting from January 31, the party said on Thursday.

POKHARA, Sept 25: Chairperson of Rashtriya Prajatantra Party Kamal Thapa has bagged the title of ITF Senior Tennis Tournament (among the age group of 55 and above) held in Pokhara.

RPP Chairman Thapa off to Bhutan

July 1, 2019 12:41 pm

KATHMANDU, July 1:  Chairperson of Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (RPP ) Kamal Thapa has left for a week-long visit to Bhutan on Monday morning.

KATHMANDU, June 28: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chair Kamal Thapa said people in the country were lately subscribing to the agendas RPP had been raising.

KATHMANDU, April 20: The Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has urged the government to address demands raised by the RPP through dialogue.

KATHMANDU, April 19: Police arrested 14 members of the Kamal Thapa-led Rashtriya Prajatantra Party in the capital on Friday.