Parliament adjourned for one hour

June 4, 2023 13:00 pm

KATHMANDU, June 4: The main opposition parties, CPN-UML, Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) and Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) have disrupted today's meeting of the House of Representatives (HoR).

KATHMANDU, May 26: Rastriya Prajatantra Party’s (RPP) chief whip Gyan Bahadur Shahi has demanded the formation of a parliamentary probe committee to investigate the Jalhari case of Pashupatinath temple.

KATHMANDU, May 22: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chair and House of Representatives (HoR) member Rajendra Lingden has said the government new policies and programmes failed to come with a policy to deal with the existing political crisis in the nation.

KATHMANDU, May 19: Rabindra Mishra, the senior vice-chairman of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), has criticized a US State Department report on religious freedom that claims India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been funding political parties in Nepal to promote the demand to revive Nepal as a Hindu nation. “It is very unfortunate to note that a highly responsible institution like the US State Department has come out with some serious allegations regarding Nepal entirely based on hearsay,” Mishra has said in a statement posted on his social media accounts.

KATHMANDU, May 12: Rajendra Lingden, Chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) suggested Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal to investigate the assets of leaders and employees after 2046 BS.

KATHMANDU, May 11: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has called an extended meeting of the Central Working Committee of the party.

KATHMANDU, April 17: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairperson Rajendra Lingden said the bill framed to amend the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act, 2071 BS was not in favor of victims.

LEKHNATH, April 12: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairperson Rajendra Lingden urged the government to lay strong emphasis on good governance, development and effective delivery of public services.

KATHMANDU, April 6: Deepak Bahadur Singh, a member of parliament (MP) from the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has said that the government has failed to do anything for the Nepalis who have returned from abroad with mutilations.

KATHMANDU, March 30:  Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Rajendra Prasad Lingden has said that activities centered on individuals, parties and power will not bring stability to the country.

RPP office-bearers' meeting today

March 27, 2023 12:55 pm

KATHMANDU, March 27:  The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has called a meeting of its office-bearers.

KATHMANDU, March 20: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP)'s Chairman Rajendra Prasad Lingden has said the party would not be giving a vote of confidence to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal.

KATHMANDU, March 15: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) will not vote in the vice-presidential election.

KATHMANDU, March 9: The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has decided not to participate in the presidential election being held on Thursday.

KARNALI, March 2: The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has withdrawn its support to the Karnali provincial government headed by Chief Minister Raj Kumar Sharma.

KATHMANDU, Feb 12: Chairman of Rashtriya Prajatantra Party(RPP) Rajendra Lingden has said that efforts are being made to bring the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) back to the government.

KATHMANDU, Feb 8: Ramkumari Jhakri, former minister and secretary of CPN (Unified Socialist Party), has warned Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) lawmakers not to speak against the constitution and system. She alleged that the RPP was showing a circus 'jatra' by protesting against the constitution inside the parliament.

KATHMANDU, Feb 2: The meeting of the Central Executive Committee of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) is being held today.

KATHMANDU, Feb 1: Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has held a meeting with CPN-UML Chairman K P Oli on Wednesday morning as troubles have begun surfacing in the ruling alliance.

KATHMANDU, Jan 19: Minister for Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation and Chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Rajendra Prasad Lingden has requested the MPs to elect CPN-UML lawmaker Devraj Ghimire as the Speaker.

KATHMANDU, Jan 17: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has decided to join the current coalition government under the leadership of RPP Chairman Rajendra Lingden who will be appointed a deputy prime minister and minister for energy. Similarly, Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan and Bikram Pandey will become ministers in the current government from RPP.

KATHMANDU, Jan 13: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) leader Bhuwan Kumar Pathak has been elected as the Speaker of the Bagmati Provincial Assembly.

KATHMANDU, Dec 21: Pashupati Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana, leader of Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) and the senior-most member of the House of Representatives (HoR), has assumed the post of the House Speaker.

RPP finalizes seven PR lawmakers

December 10, 2022 19:56 pm

KATHMANDU, Dec 10: The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has finalized the names of its seven lawmakers under the proportional representation (PR) electoral system.

KATHMANDU, DEC 6: Senior Vice-chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), Rabindra Mishra, who was a candidate for the member of the House of Representatives (HoR) from Kathmandu-1, has made public his election expenditure details.

JHAPA, Nov 30: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Rajendra Prasad Lingden has said that his party is not willing to join the government. While inaugurating three bridges in his constituency on Wednesday, Lingden said that the responsibility of government formation lies with the major parties.

KATHMANDU, Nov 24: Rastriya Prajatantra Party Chairman Rajendra Lingden has been elected as a member of the House of Representatives from Jhapa-3.

KATHMANDU, Nov 24: Deepak Bahadur Singh of Rastriya Prajatantra Party has won a seat in the House of Representatives from Makwanpur-1 defeating RPP’s breakaway faction leader Kamal Thapa by a margin of 1996 votes.

CHITWAN, Nov 24: Gir Bahadur (Gyanujang) Tamang of Rastriya Prajatantra Party has been elected as provincial assembly member from Chitwan 3 A. Lama defeated Nepali Congress (NC) candidate Prof. Dr. Suryakant Ghimire with a margin of 2,857 votes.

BUTWAL, Nov 22: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) leader Deepak Bohra has taken the lead in constituency-3 of Rupandehi for a seat in the House of Representatives.

KATHMANDU, Oct 23: Chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Rajendra Lingden has said that the voters should elect responsible leadership to lead the country to the path of development and prosperity.

KATHMANDU, Oct 9: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Rajendra Lingden has registered his nomination papers from Jhapa Constituency No 3 for the House of Representatives elections to be held on November 20.

KATHMANDU, Sept 30: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has nominated leader Rekha Thapa as a member of the Central Work Performance Committee.

RPP and Rabindra Mishra’s group unify

September 28, 2022 15:35 pm

KATHMANDU, Sept 28: Rabindra Mishra, the former chairman of Bibeksheel Sajha Party, has joined the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP). Mishra joined RPP Kathmandu during an event on Wednesday.

Rabindra Mishra joining RPP today

September 28, 2022 10:36 am

KATHMANDU, Sept 28: Former Chairman of Bibeksheel Sajha Party Rabindra Mishra is joining Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) today.

KATHMANDU, Sept 26: Bibeksheel Sajha Party leader Rabindra Mishra has resigned from even the general membership of the party. Mishra who had earlier resigned from the chairmanship of the party ‘following its defeat’ in the May 13 local elections submitted his resignation even as a general member of the party to Chairperson Samikshya Baskota on Monday.

KATHMANDU, Sept 23: The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has formed an Election Central Election Operation Committee in view of the general election slated for November 20.

Ex-JSP lawmaker Renuka Gurung joins RPP

September 18, 2022 15:30 pm

KATHMANDU, Sept 18: Former Member of Parliament (MP) Renuka Gurung has joined the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP). She was elected an MP from the Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP).

KATHMANDU, Sept 5: At a time when the ruling parties are mulling over extending the life of parliament till the new members to be elected through November 20 polls take oath of office and secrecy, lawmaker belonging to Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Rajendra Lingden has tendered his resignation.

KATHMANDU, August 12: CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli and actress and Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) central member Rekha Thapa had a meeting on Wednesday where they discussed contemporary politics and elections.

KATHMANDU, July 29: Chairman of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Rajendra Lingden has demanded the government to immediately announce the date of parliamentary election.

KATHMANDU, July 28: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Rajendra Lingden has said that the RPP has emerged as a new force in Nepal's politics.

KATHMANDU, July 21: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Rajendra Lingden has accused the state system of becoming a pile of chaos and anomalies. Lingden said this while addressing the party’s central committee meeting held in Kathmandu on Thursday.

KATHMANDU, July 11: The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP)-affiliated Rashtriya Prajatantrik Vidyarthi Sangathan (RPVS) has demanded the government ensure free education up to Grade 12 and provide textbooks to the students without any further delay.

KATHMANDU, June 15: Former journalist Rabindra Mishra has refuted media reports about him joining the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP).

KATHMANDU, June 15: Former journalist Rabindra Mishra, who resigned from the Bibeksheel Sajha Party, is preparing to join the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP).

Kathmandu, June 14: A meeting of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP)’s central working committee has been scheduled from 21 to 23 June in Kathmandu.

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Rajendra Lingden has said the government has presented the budget for the coming fiscal year 2022/23 as a means to raise funds for the upcoming elections.

KATHMANDU, May 28: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Rajendra Prasad Lingden has said that his party had contested in the May 13's local election on its own.

KATHMANDU, May 24: The meeting of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP)'s work execution committee is going to be held on May 27. The meeting will discuss the contemporary issues and review the recently held local level election on May 13.