KATHMANDU, March 11: Police are investigating an incident involving the assault of former Armed Police Force AIG Thakur Mohan Shrestha, who is also an executive committee member of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP). The assault took place as Shrestha was leaving the office of RPP Chairman Rajendra Lingden at the party’s central office in Dhumbarahi on Sunday morning. Shrestha has filed a complaint with the Maharajgunj Police Circle regarding the incident.

KATHMANDU, March 10: A meeting of the Central Work Execution Committee of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) is being held for the second consecutive day today.

SUDURPASCHIM, March 6: The CPN (Maoist Center) has withdrawn its support to the Sudurpaschim Province government. A meeting of the Maoist Center parliamentary party this morning decided to pull out the support it had given to Chief Minister Kamal Bahadur Shah, said the party's Province Assembly member Shiva Singh Oli.

KATHMANDU, Feb 21: The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) is going to hold demonstrations across the country.

KATHMANDU, Jan 12: In observance of the 302nd Prithivi Jayanti and National Unity Day, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) is set to host a tea reception at Bhrikutimandap in Kathmandu.

KATHMANDU, Jan 7: The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) is to organize a greetings exchange and tea reception programme at Bhrikutimandap on January 12 on the occasion of the 302nd Prithvi Jayanti (birth anniversary of King Prithvi Narayan Shah) and National Unity Day.

KATHMANDU, Dec 20: Senior Vice-chairman of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), Rabindra Mishra, took to his Facebook page on Wednesday to explain the party's rationale for organizing a mass movement advocating the reinstatement of a Hindu kingdom.

KATHMANDU, Dec 20: The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has announced to hold a mass movement for the reinstatement of Hindu nation and monarchy from mid-February. The party’s spokesperson Mohan Kumar Shrestha said that the central committee meeting of RPP, which concluded in Kathmandu on Tuesday, decided to prepare for mass gatherings across the country for two months starting from mid-December before organizing the ‘Mechi-Mahakali Unity Journey’.

RPP CWC meeting commences from today

December 17, 2023 12:30 pm

KATHMANDU, Dec 17: A meeting of the Central Working Committee (CWC) of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has begun from Sunday in Kathmandu.

KATHMANDU, Dec 15: The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) is engaged in a dispute with the local administration over its efforts to install the statue of the late King Mahendra in Mahendranagar. The local administration issued a prohibitory order on Thursday evening, halting the statue installation program.

KATHMANDU, Dec 12: The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Nepal said that democracy with constitutional monarchy, and recognising Nepal as a Hindu State are the appropriate alternatives of the time.

RPP Nepal CWC meeting today

December 10, 2023 12:00 pm

KATHMANDU, Dec 10: A meeting of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Nepal Central Working Committee (CWC) is going to start from today. During the two-day meeting, Chairman Kamal Thapa is scheduled to present a political report while General Secretary Rajaram Bartaula and Treasurer Gyanendra Karki will present organizational and financial reports, respectively.

RPP Nepal CC meeting on December 10-11

December 3, 2023 14:30 pm

KATHMANDU, Dec 3: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Nepal Central Committee meeting will be held in Kathmandu on December 10 and 11.

RPP Chairman Lingden returns home

November 8, 2023 14:15 pm

KATHMANDU, Nov 8: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Rajendra Lingden has returned home after completing a 12-day visit to the United States of America (USA).

KATHMANDU, Nov 5: The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has decided to provide different kinds of support to earthquake victims. The party made this decision in the office-bearers' meeting chaired by the party's acting chairman Buddhiman Tamang this morning.

KATHMANDU, October 13 :The central office-bearer meeting of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) is now underway.

KATHMANDU, Oct 11: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has called a meeting of its central office-bearers on Friday morning.

KATHMANDU, Aug 29: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) has submitted a memo to the government in protest of slaughtering of cows. A copy of the memo was presented to the district administration offices of all 77 districts in the country.

Kathmandu, Aug 29: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Rajendra Prasad Lingden has ruled out the possibility of his party supporting or giving a vote of confidence to the present government in Koshi Province.

BIRATNAGAR, August 1: Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Rajendra Lingden has said that the RPP will stay neutral in Koshi Province. Speaking to reporters at the Biratnagar Airport today, Chairman Lingden said that the RPP will remain neutral in the formation of the government in Koshi Province.

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.