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Mayor Balen has been targeted for failure because he won independently: RPP Chief Whip Shahi (kh 01/07/2024) [Balendra Shah has many good ideas, but sometimes disregards the fundamental rights of the citizens concerned and existing laws when implementing them. However, he certainly does not need the support of an unconstitutionally orientated party like the RPP!] Federal
system unsustainable, monarchy should be
restored: Kamal Thapa (kh 28/06/2024) [It is the politicians who have
failed, not federalism, which they do not allow
in the first place. The monarchy has driven the
Nepalese state to the wall with its
authoritarian and non-inclusive policies for
centuries, especially during the 30 or so years
of the panchayat system. Gyanendra personally
staged two coups (in 2002 and 2005), mobilised
the army and caused an unbelievable escalation
of the conflict. As commander-in-chief of the
army at the time, he was responsible for
numerous crimes committed during the insurgency.
Anyone calling for a return to this medieval,
failed institution has not understood anything
at all! Nepal needs rational and charismatic
politicians, not a monarchy. It was not so long
ago that Kamal Thapa distanced himself from
Gyanendra, whom he blamed for his disempowerment
within the party.] RPP also seeks Lamichhane’s scalp : The monarchist party got incensed after police beat up its demonstrators during Tuesday’s rally in the Capital (kp 10/04/2024) [The RPP uses every opportunity to destroy the democratic-republican system and the power-hungry and supposedly democratic leaders of the other parties are too stupid to realise this!] Over
4,000 security personnel deployed ahead of RPP’s
mass demonstration (photos) (kh 09/04/2024),
Police
disperse demonstrators with tear gas and water
cannons (kh 09/04/2024), 14
injured in RPP protest in Kathmandu (kh
0904/2024) Over 50,000 people will participate in the demonstration: RPP Chair Lingden (kh 07/04/2024) [Wow, 50,000 people out of 30 million will allegedly demonstrate in favour of a return to Hindu state and monarchy. This is indeed overwhelming. Obviously, the majority of people still remember the fortunately abolished system as negative as it was!] Pro-monarchy
RPP emerges kingmaker in provinces : Ruling
coalition turns to it to form provincial
governments after a month of abandonment. Party
still non-committal, by Binod Ghimire (kp
06/04/2024) [The
anti-republican, anti-secular and anti-federal
RPP is trying to use the weaknesses of the other
parties to destroy the few important
achievements after Jana Andolan II as soon as
possible! And the repeatedly failed top
politicians clinging to power are too stupid to
realise this!], Oli
baits UML leadership wannabes, says he will lead
for 20 more years : Party chairman ratchets up
rhetoric, amid calls for promoting new
generation of leaders (kp) [This exactly confirms the
previous comment!] RPP
decides not to support the ruling alliance at
provincial level (kh 03/04/2024) [Unconstitutional parties
should not be involved in governments anyway!] Opposition party plans to obstruct HoR meeting today (kh 01/03/2024) [A political party that blocks the work of the people's representatives is anti-democratic! Protest must take a different form.] RPP
to demonstrate across country to exert pressure
on govt to meet its 40-point demand (rep
21/02/2024) [This sounds
like the 40 demands that the CPN (Maoist)
presented to then PM Deuba in January 1995.
Unlike the RPP's demands today, the Maoist
demands at the time were largely rational and
largely in line with the state policy guidelines
of the constitution, which were ignored by the
Deuba government.], Rastriya
Prajatantra Party submits demand for Hindu state
reinstatement : Top leaders submit 40-point
charter to Prime Minister Dahal, and announce
protest programmes (kp 22/02/2024) Dangerously deluded monarchists : Sensible Nepalis should aim for the secular republic's reformation and revitalisation, by Mitra Pariyar (kp 06/02/2024) [In particular, the person at the centre of the monarchist ambitions should be brought to heel immediately!] Why has the RPP announced street protests?, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae) [The questions should be: Why are unconstitutional demands allowed to be made that are against the interests of the country's multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-religious society as a whole? What about the women, Dalits, Janajatis, Muslims and to some extent Madheshis in the event of a return to the Hindu state? Why did 17,000 people have to die if the political system is to be reset to the exclusive system of a small male pahadi elite after less than 20 years? Why was the royal family not sent into exile after the abolition of the monarchy? When will the leaders of the ruling political parties finally realise that it is they who have enabled the increased activities of the anti-people forces in the first place?] RPP
Chairman denies decision to recall Speakers in
Koshi and Bagmati Provinces (kh 20/01/2024)
[Politicians from a
party that wants to abolish federalism must not
hold office in these institutions! That is
perverse!] RPP Chairman Lingden announces non-participation in govt (kh 28/01/2024) [Anti-democratic and unconstitutional parties like the RPP have no place in government!] Bista
unanimously elected as Speaker of Koshi Province
Assembly (rep 09/01/2024) [Bista and his party want to
abolish federalism and thus the Koshi Province
as soon as possible! How can such a politician
be made Speaker of the Provincial Assembly?
Politicians of the anti-democratic and
anti-constitutional RPP should not be allowed to
hold state offices!], RPP
faces internal turmoil as Ambar Bahadur Bista
assumes Koshi Province Speaker role (kh
10/01/2024), RPP
seized opportunity in Koshi Province, our
advocacy for the end of federalism prevails:
Bhakti Sitaula (kh 10/01/2024) [Anyone who runs for
political office that he wants to abolish is
deceiving the citizens of the country! The RPP
should immediately withdraw from all Provincial
Assemblies!], Koshi
Speaker related dispute is under discussion in
party: RPP Chair Lingden (kh 12/01/2024), Lingden
admits party has diverse views on RPP taking
Koshi Speaker position : Rastriya Prajatantra
Party chief says upcoming agitation will build
pressure on the government and major parties to
scrap federalism and reinstate the monarchy as
the country’s custodian (kp 13/01/2024) Hindu nation and constitutional monarchy should be restored: RPP Nepal Chairman Thapa (kh 05/01/2024) [What are the "interests of the nation"? Those of the male Khas Arya or those of the country's multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-religious society? Sorry, I forgot, only the barely 15 per cent male Kas Arya are real Nepals who own the country! Dalits, Janajatis, Muslims and women in general simply have to accept this! A year ago, this man distanced himself from the monarchy!] Former King Gyanendra Shah meets five RPP leaders in Bhairahawa (rep 04/01/2024) [Coup preparation by a Hindu fundamentalist minority? The Shah monarchy once created the non-inclusive state of men from so-called high Hindu castes. And now the ousted monarch claims in all seriousness that all Nepalis are equal for him. Presumably this means, as in the Panchayat period, the eradication of all ethnic languages and cultures!] Kamal Thapa advocates systemic change amidst critique of current governance mode (kh 02/01/2024) [The monarchy and the panchayat system, of which Kamal Thapa was a part, have failed even more and were even worse than what the politicians of today's political system, which is actually not a bad one, are disfiguring!] Minister Kirati’s resignation call triggers RPP protest in Kathmandu (kh 22/12/2023) [Sudan Kirati's unsentimental statement may be criticised, but the RPP must realise that its demand for a Hindu state hurts the feelings of the non-Hindu population in the multi-ethnic and multi-religious state of Nepal in the same way!] RPP Chairman Lingden advocates street demonstrations for the restoration of monarchy and Hindu state (kh 17/12/2023) [Can a representative of a small minority who is out of touch with reality really exacerbate the political situation with such unconstitutional demands?], RPP to launch movement for Hindu state, abolition of federalism (kh 19/12/2023), Rastriya Prajatantra Party announces nationwide protest : The right-wing party aims to consolidate forces rallying against the current dispensation (kp 20/12/2023) [An openly attempted coup against the majority interests of the population! What would change? As in the panchayat system, more Chhetri than Bahun in the power functions of the state and an authoritarian autocrat as head of state? In any case, the total dominance of male Khas Arya would remain and the rudimentary recognisable social inclusion would be reduced.], We want Nepal to be a Hindu kingdom; we should not settle for just a Hindu nation: Mishra (rep 20/12/2023) [Aiming to dismantle democratic values and social inclusion!] RPP
holding mass assembly in Kanchanpur amid
tightened security measures (kh 14/12/2023) RPP for new arrangement on monarchy, not for revival of old system : Parliament could be given the power to decide the heir to the monarch, whether it will be eldest son or eldest daughter, interview with Rajendra Lingden (kp 11/12/2023) [The monarchy has staged two coups against democracy in recent history: Mahendra in 1960 and Gyanendra in 2002/2005. 17,000 people lost their lives for the introduction of the republic. Gyanendra should be happy that he was not prosecuted and is still allowed to live in Nepal. As part of his coup, he drastically restricted civil liberties and had countless people arrested and brutally maltreated. This was definitely even worse than the current inadequate system of the failed old party leaders! The monarchy has staged two coups against democracy in recent history: Mahendra in 1960 and Gyanendra in 2002/2005. 17,000 people lost their lives for the introduction of the republic. Gyanendra should be happy that he was not prosecuted and is still allowed to live in Nepal. As part of his coup, he drastically restricted civil liberties and had countless people arrested and brutally maltreated. This was definitely even worse than the current inadequate system of the failed old party leaders! In view of the demand for justice for the victims from the time of the insurgency, Gyanendra must also take responsibility!] Kamal
Thapa proposes royalist front, suggests
Durga Prasai’s inclusion (kh
08/12/2023) [No
matter how many of you are involved, you
remain a small minority in the interests
of an equally small minority. Nepal's
politics is already terrible, don't make
it worse! After being voted out as
chairman of the RPP, Kamal Thapa
declared himself an opponent of the
monarchy. Now he suddenly wants it back?],
We
envision a king operating within
constitutional bounds: Kamal Thapa
(kh 09/12/2023) RPP
underscores inevitability of street movement
amid ‘deepening political crisis’ (kh
07/12/2023) Kamal Thapa pushes for unified front to reinstate monarchy (kh 27/11/2023) [Back to the Middle Ages against the will of 95 per cent of democratic voters?], RPP Nepal proposes forming broader national front uniting forces favoring monarchy and Hindu nation (rep 27/11/2023) [No matter how many may unite, it will always remain a small minority without a rational perspective!] Yogesh
Bhattarai challenges former king to engage in
active politics (kh 26/11/2023) RPP
Chair “skeptical” of Durga Prasai’s November 23
campaign (kh 21/11/2023) [Differences within the Hindu
monarchist minority are always welcome!] Unity
among nationalist forces imperative: RPP-N Chair
Thapa (kh 17/10/2023) RPP
Chairman Lingden objects to accusations of
royalists disrupting religious harmony (rep
06/10/2023) [Those who
want the monarchy back are anti-democratic! And
anyone who wants to replace the federal republic
with the Hindu state again and identify Nepal
exclusively with Hindu culture is acting against
social harmony in the multi-ethnic and
multi-religious state of Nepal! Basta!] RPP Chairman Lingden sparks controversy referring to Gyanendra Shah as a King (kh 06/10/2023) [This is proof of the true attitude of Lingden and his small anti-democratic and unconstitutionally oriented party!] RPP-Nepal
to hold nationwide demonstration tomorrow
(kh 19/09/2023) RPP
holding mass meeting in Kathmandu (kh
04/09/2023) [The
anti-democrats are raising their voices again to
turn the multi-ethnic and multicultural state
into another madhouse!] Religious
Harmony Key To Peace, by Narayan Upadhyay
(rn 29/08/2023) [Provocative
acts of this kind are reprehensible, but they
happen from both sides. Things that violate the
values of the Khas Arya are always loudly
denounced. But what about the brutal but usually
unpunished crimes against Dalits, mostly
perpetrated by Khas Arya? One of the biggest
provocations in terms of cultural diversity and
tolerance, for example, is the demand for a
return to the Hindu state by radical Khas Arya.
Such a demand, as put forward especially by the
extremist RPP, deeply offends Janajatis, Dalits,
Muslims and also women in general, i.e. probably
more than half of the population! Tolerance and
harmony remain a beautiful dream as long as the
state and the national identity are exclusively
oriented towards the values of the male Khas
Arya!], RPP
submits memo in protest of slaughtering of cow
(kh 29/08/2023) [How
about a memo against the Hindu state in
multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural
Nepal?] How
serious is the Rastriya Prajatantra Party about
promoting youth leaders and meritocracy? Experts
say the party’s move is aimed to better its
electoral prospects rather than promote
meritocracy and youth leadership, by Nishan
Khatiwada (kp 06/08/2023) RPP
playing Hindu card to fulfil its agenda, by
Bal Krishna Sah (ht 18/07/2023) ‘Navin
RPP’ campaign aims to attract youth to the party
: Royalist party pledges 33 percent women
participation and lateral entry to its
committees, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
15/07/2023) [However,
this would only mean that the RPP would finally
achieve the minimum participation of women that
has been legally required for a long time.] RPP keeps mum on support for Koshi govt formation (kh 04/07/2023), RPP in dilemma: Engages in intensive discussions over supporting NC’s Thapa for Koshi CM (kh 05/07/2023) [Here too, of course, it is the national party leadership that decides, especially since the RPP would like to abolish the federal system again anyway!] US
report: BJP pays politicians to lobby for Hindu
Nepal : Pro-monarchy and pro-Hindu groups in the
country dismiss the Department of State claims
as baseless, by Anil Giri (kp 18/05/2023) [see
report]
[Those who turn the
multi-ethnic, multi-religious, multi-cultural
and multi-lingual state of Nepal into a
unilaterally defined state, as the monarchy once
did and as the RPP and similarly oriented groups
want to restore in an intolerant manner, are
violating basic human rights and destroying the
harmony and internal peace of the country.],
America
portrays Nepal as soft on Tibetan Buddhists,
hostile to Christians and supportive of Hindus :
The report of the State Department also accuses
India’s Bharatiya Janata Party and groups
associated with it of pressuring and funding
Nepali leaders to reinstate Hindu state in Nepal
(nlt 18/05/2023), International
Religious Freedom Report categorically fails to
provide evidences on several allegations against
Nepal: Rabinra Mishra : RPP Senior Vice
President Mishra claims that Nepal has been
experiencing one of the fastest religious
conversion rates in the world (nlt
19/05/2023) [statement] [For
centuries, the Shah monarchy negated Nepal's
religious diversity and multi-ethnicity and
tried to turn the country into a Hindu unitary
state. This had an adverse impact on Nepal's
centuries old rich cultures and civilisations,
Mr Mishra! The discriminatory hierarchical
thinking of Hinduism is probably the main reason
why many people are turning away! In the West,
for example, many more people are turning away
from the religion they were born into than in
Nepal, because they can no longer tolerate its
maladjustment in the modern world], RPP
dubs US report “baseless” (kh
19/05/2023), Rastriya
Prajatantra Party objects to State Department’s
religious freedom report : In a letter addressed
to US ambassador to Nepal Dean R Thompson, RPP
chairman Rajendra Lingden has asked the State
Department to revise the ‘one-sided’ and
‘biased’ report (nlt 20/05/2023) [The RPP's efforts to once
again link the state with one of the diverse
religions practised in Nepal contradict its
claimed respect and freedom for all religions.
Followers of these religions must be deeply hurt
by these aspirations of the RPP, whose policies
were supported by just five percent of the
electorate in the elections! Whether such
aspirations are actually supported by India, as
the US report claims, is of secondary
importance. What matters is the damage that the
RPP wants to inflict on Nepal's multi-ethnic and
multi-religious society!] RPP Chairman Lingden suggests PM Dahal to initiate investigation of assets of leaders and govt employees after 2046 BS (rep 12/05/2023) [Why only from 2046 BS? Corruption was no less in the panchayat system and at that time those politicians who formed the RPP in 2046 ruled under the special protection of the monarchy!] PP
quits government in Bagmati Province (kh
26/02/2023)
RPP decides to quit Prachanda-led government (kh 25/02/2023), RPP ministers tender resignation to Prime Minister Dahal (kh 25/02/2023) Unified Socialist Secretary Jhakri warns RPP not to speak against constitution (rep 08/02/2023) [Such a warning should also come from the PM!] We advocate for Hindu nation and monarchy, we should not be belittled: Dhawal Shumsher Rana (kh 01/02/2023) [Anti-constitutional demands and statements that hurt the feelings and concerns of large parts of the population of the multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural state must not be tolerated! The social discriminations and lack of inclusion are a direct result of Hindu state and monarchy!], House sees heated debate among ruling MPs on political system : MPs opposing the provisions under which they joined the Cabinet is unnatural, experts say (kp 02/02/2023) [Unconstitutional demands by a small minority party should have no place in parliament and such a party should not be part of the government! They disturb the social harmony of the multicultural country!17,000 people have lost their lives to overcome the Hindu state and monarchy! Moreover, the RPP voted for the abolition of Hindu monarchy in 2008!], RPP condemned for criticising federalism, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 02/02/2023) Dahal’s challenge of curbing fringe parties in coalition : Two ministers in his Cabinet have already made remarks against federalism and secularism. But prime minister is in no position to reprimand them, by Kamal Dev Bhattarai (ae 27/01/2023) [Such demands from a small, completely insignificant party are unconstitutional and should have legal consequences.] Agenda
of Hindu nation will be strengthened: DPM
Lingden (kh 24/01/2023) [A clearly unconstitutional request! The
disadvantages of the Hindu state, practised for
centuries, have just been erased from the
Constitution, but still not overcome. The RPP
should also remember that it was elected by just
5.5 per cent of the population! Nepal's
multi-ethnic and multi-religious society can
only exist in a secular state!] RPP finalizes seven PR lawmakers (rep 10/12/2022) Lingden lifts Rastriya Prajatantra Party’s status in the House : On Thursday evening, the party’s share of proportional representation votes was 7 percent, by Binod Ghimire (kp 25/11/2022) [The improvement of the RPP must also be attributed primarily to the bad policies and largely failed manipulations of the erstwhile major parties. The probably 6 or 7 per cent share in the PR vote shows that people do not really want a return to Hindu state and monarchy!] RPP
Nepal to support UML in Kathmandu Constituency-1
(kh 17/11/2022) Manisha
says BP wanted to work with King Mahendra :
Granddaughter of the first elected prime
minister, she has now stood in favour of
pro-monarchy Rastriya Prajatantra Party (kp
12/11/2022) [History
tells a completely different story, Ms Koirala!],
National
Unity and Reconciliation Day being observed
today (kh 31/12/2022) [Ms Koirala should take note of these
truths about her grandfather's relationship with
Mahendra. They were not friends, but the latter
sought BP's life and wanted to prevent
democracy!] “With
the right leadership with integrity, competency
and understanding of society, economy and
politics, Nepal can also change”, interview
with: Rabindra Mishra (nlt 10/11/2022) RPP
pledges monarchy as guardian and
directly-elected prime minister : The Rastriya
Prajatantra Party has also proposed to scrap the
provinces and go for a two-tier federal
structure (kp 01/11/2022) [A return to the monarchy,
like the questioning of the federal system, is
grossly unconstitutional and must not be
tolerated under any circumstances. Parties which
oppose the existing legal order should not be
admitted to the elections!] RPP-N
leaders vexed with Kamal Thapa promise support
to Maoist chair Dahal : Thapa’s decision to
contest election under UML’s poll symbol has
left key RPP-N leaders infuriated, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 21/10/2022) Janantantrik
Terai Mukti Morcha merges into RPP (kh
05/10/2022) Rabindra
Mishra joining RPP on Wednesday (kh
27/09/2022) [This
"alternative" politician arrives finally at home
among monarchists and Hindu state advocates!] RPP to field “popular” faces under PR category (kh 16/09/2022) [Quite mendacious! What is sold as positive is in reality the only way to ensure the return of old politicians from this party as well, provided, of course, that the party gets over the 3-percent hurdle at all.] Rastriya
Prajatantra Party and UML mull alliance as polls
near : Janata Samajbadi and Loktantrik Samajbadi
are also in talks with the main opposition
party, insiders say, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp
06/09/2022), “Electoral
alliance between RPP and CPN-UML likely”,
interview with Rajendra Lingden (kh 08/09/2022) RPP Chair Lingden announces resignation as lawmaker (kh 04/09/2022) [A strange view of the electoral period of a parliament! This may only end on the day on which the newly elected parliament convenes for the first time. Otherwise, the country would be without a legislature for weeks or even months, what the executive has enjoyed manipulating in the past. There is no question of a tenure extension.] SC orders EC not to implement its decision on RPP election symbol row (rep 26/07/2022) RPP
demands formation of an electoral government
(kh 24/07/2022) RPP
proposes fully proportional parliament and
directly elected prime minister (kh
23/07/2022) Rabindra
Mishra stands in favor of restoration of
constitutional monarchy in Nepal : Earlier
through a political dossier, Mishra had formally
proposed abolition of federalism, and a
referendum on secularism (nlt 19/07/2022) [What a brainwashed idiot!
Sorry, but this unrealistic and arrogant talk
makes your head swim! The bottom line is that
this is a call for a coup d'état, as the most
important foundations of the Constitution are to
be wiped out and replaced by failed
non-inclusive institutions of the past!],
I
want to see Hridayendra as a king: Rabindra
Mishra (kh 30/07/2022) [This guy obviously didn't realise that the
monarchy was abolished in 2008 according to the
will of almost the entire people!] Rabindra
Mishra preparing to join RPP (rep
15/06/2022) [This is
indeed its ideological home!] Clashes
erupt in Nepalgunj over ex-King Birendra’s bust
installation : Police open fire in the air and
lob tear gas canisters to contain the clash
(nlt 02/06/2022), Tension
as royalists try to install late King Birendra’s
statue in Nepalgunj (kh 02/06/2022), Some
police hurt in clash with local people in
Nepalgunj (kh 02/06/2022), Nine
injured in Nepalgunj clash (rep 02/06/2022) Rightist Rastriya Prajatantra Party cashes in on people’s frustration with major parties : As the party improves its vote shares, it hopes to fare better in upcoming polls, by Binod Ghimire (kp 30/05/2022) RPP
contested sans alliance in local election:
Rajendra Lingden (kh 28/05/2022) RPP expresses concern over death threat issued against the party’s candidate (rep 30/04/2022) No
space for monarchy in Nepal: RPP Chairman Thapa
(kh 16/04/2022) [And no
space for a Hindu state either, which has
already proved to be a mistake for 250 years!],
Possibility
of the return of monarch has ended: Kamal Thapa
(rep 16/04/2022) RPP
Chair Lingden says no decision yet on forging
electoral alliance (kh 15/04/2022) UML and RPP-Nepal ink a deal to forge electoral alliance, RPP-Nepal candidates to contest the poll with UML’s election symbol (rep 13/04/2022) [It is legally hardly conceivable that RPP-Nepal candidates should be allowed to stand with the party symbol of the UML!] Kamal
Thapa getting closer to CPN-UML (rep
09/04/2022) [Both Oli
and Thapa are very close in terms of Hindu state
thinking!] RPP-N
to forge alliance with UML, says Thapa (ht
05/04/2022) UML and RPP discuss electoral collaboration (rep 01/04/2022) [Oli seeks proximity to the anti-federal, anti-secular, Hindu-fundamentalist and pro-monarchist RPP, in short, a party that fundamentally opposes the 2015 Constitution?] We
have not abandoned the Hindu nation agenda:
Kamal Thapa (rep 28/03/2022) [In the multi-ethnic,
multi-religious and multi-cultural state of
Nepal, the demand for a return to the
discriminatory Hindu state is an affront! More
than 17,000 people have lost their lives to
overcome this historical error!] Kamal
Thapa is the chairman of RPP Nepal (rep
14/02/2022), Ex-DPM
Thapa rejoins RPP-Nepal as chairperson. But the
Hindu Rashtra advocate faces moral questions for
‘disregarding’ Geeta : Thapa had taken an oath
in the name of Bhagavad Geeta, declaring he
would not let the Rastriya Prajatantra Party
split again (nlt 15/02/2022) [What do I care about what I
said yesterday? Only personal power counts!
Oaths are empty words!] Former
RPP Chair Thapa gives hint of opening new party
(kh 07/02/2022) [There
cannot be enough division in the anti-national
Hindu fundamentalist circles of Nepal!],
Kamal
Thapa parts ways with RPP (kh 08/02/2022), RPP urges Thapa to
reconsider his decision to quit the party
(kh 09/02/2022), After
former Chair Thapa, RPP leaders duo Gurung and
Poudel resign from RPP (kh 09/02/2022), Kamal
Thapa forming a Hindu party (rep
09/02/2022), I’m
still in favor of constitutional monarchy: Kamal
Thapa (rep 11/02/2022), Former
RPP Chairman Kamal Thapa to announce new party
next week : Says ‘Chose to leave RPP rather than
going through humiliation’ (kh 11/02/2022) RPP
Chairman Lingden nominates 24 office-bearers
(rep 31/01/2022) RPP
to boycott National Assembly elections in six
provinces (kh 25/01/2022) EC directs RPP to remove ‘monarchy’ and ‘Hindu state’ from its statute (kh 23/01/2022), RPP calls office bearers’ meeting as EC asks to remove Hindu state, monarchy from party statute (kh 23/01/2022), RPP to seek political and legal redressal against EC’s call to remove Hindu state, monarchy from party statute (kh 23/01/2022), EC warns of action if RPP does not amend statute, party logo (rep 23/01/2022) The fire of Hindutva upsurge : The combustible mixture of religion and politics is likely to widen the gulf between different communities, by CK Lal (kp 06/01/2022) Kamal
Thapa will no more talk about monarchy (rep
06/01/2022) RPP
Chair Lingden nominates 31 central members
(kh 04/01/2022) RPP
Chairman Lingden warns of nationwide protest if
a public holiday is not declared on Prithvi
Jayanti (rep 02/01/2022) [The beginning of the
non-inclusive Hindu state has to be celebrated?] Kamal
Thapa preparing for new party with agenda of
Hindu nation (rep 01/01/2022) RPP
Chair Lingden and Bibeksheel Sajha Chairman
Mishra discuss party unity (kh 31/12/2021) [Similarly minded parties,
but this spells the final end of the Bibeksheel
Sajha Party. Rabindra Mishra's alternativity
means a return to the non-inclusive Hindu
monarchy that more than 17,000 people sacrificed
their lives to abolish! Whether Hindu state or
secularism is not a question of religion. More
than 40 per cent of the people are not Hindus
from a social point of view. Hindu women and
Dalits are also extremely discriminated against.
Unfortunately, even the major parties have not
come close to delivering what they promised in
2006. Therefore, Nepal has remained a state of
high-caste Hindu men under a supposedly
inclusive and secular republic.], Rabindra
Mishra ‘proposes’ uniting RPP and Bibeksheel
Sajha (rep 01/01/2022) Former RPP Chair Kamal Thapa to launch “new campaign” (kh 30/12/2021) [Anyone who advocates a return to the Hindu state, with or without a monarchy, is clearly acting unconstitutionally!] RPP Chair Lingden vows to make the party stronger in six months (kh 19/12/2021), Reinstatement of monarchy not possible by creating instability (kh), [Monarchy and Hindu state cannot be restored. They are the original reasons for Nepal's social and political injustice. For their abolition, 17,000 people had to die. A return to monarchy and Hindu state would throw the multi-ethnic, multi-religious, multi-cultural and multi-lingual state of Nepal back into the Middle Ages! Only a handful of male Tagadharis, who make up just 15 per cent of the total population, would benefit. It would be more important for all political parties, including the RPP, to finally democratise and acknowledge the country's cultural diversity.], Landless squatters from Chitwan demand land ownership certificates (rep 19/12/2021) [Unequal land ownership is also a historical consequence of monarchy, its arrogant allocation of land and Hindu state thinking!] RPP
to make unity with like-minded parties and
groups (kh 08/12/2021) Claiming
it’s not an outrage after defeat, Thapa again
accuses former King Gyandendra Shah of
interfering in RPP General Convention (rep
07/12/2021) Upset
in pro-Hindu and pro-monarchy party as underdog
registers a win : Rajendra Lingden defeats Kamal
Thapa to become the new chair of Rastriya
Prajatantra Party, which could impact the
national political dynamics, by Tika R
Pradhan (kp 06/12/2021) Rajendra
Lingden elected Rastriya Prajatantra Party
Chairman : Outgoing Chairman Thapa congratulates
Lingden; vents ire on Nirmal Niwas for his
defeat (kh 05/12/2021), Country
needs monarchy: RPP Chairman Lingden : "Will
unite all those who are in favor of monarchy and
Hindu state within six months" (kh
05/12/2021), Kamal
Thapa camp not to “shoulder” former King
Gyanendra (kh 05/12/2021), Kamal
Thapa accuses former King Gyandendra Shah of
interfering in RPP General Convention to defeat
him (rep 05/12/2021), Kunti
Shahi elected RPP women General Secretary
(kh 05/12/2021), Dhawal
Shamsher elected RPP General Secretary : Kamal
Thapa panel dominates other office bearers
(kh 05/12/2021), Former
RPP Chair Thapa boycotts Lingden’s swearing-in
ceremony (kh 05/12/2021), Lingden
steals the show with a powerful message of
generational transfer in politics, by Ishwar
Dev Khanal (kh 05/12/2021) RPP
convention: Lohani backs Lingden, Rana for
unanimous leadership : Pro-monarchy party has
been demanding revival of Nepal as Hindu state,
and abolition of republicanism, federalism,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 02/12/2021) RPP
General Convention affected over delegates’
dispute (kh 02/12/2021), RPP
unity general convention: Discussion begins on
different reports (kh 02/12/2021), RPP
fixes candidacy registration fees for various
posts in ongoing unity general convention
(kh 02/12/2021), RPP
leadership candidates Thapa and Lingden finalize
panel of office bearers to compete in general
convention (kh 02/12/2021) RPP’s
General Convention to begin today : Kamal Thapa
and Rajendra Lingden in the fray (kh
01/12/2021), Monarchy
should be given space in politics: Lokendra
Bahadur Chand (kh 01/12/2021) [Never ever! The monarchy is
historically responsible for Nepal's political
and social chaos and Gyanendra has proven to be
a coup plotter. After all, who is to come after
Gyanendra? Paras? The monarchy is dead and
should remain so!] RPP
leader Rajendra Lingden announces candidature
for party Chairman (kh 25/11/2021), Kamal
Thapa announces candidature for RPP chairperson
(kh 29/11/2021), RPP
Chair Thapa urges leadership aspirant Lingden to
put on hold his ambition for time being (kh
29/11/2021) [Kamal Thapa
is trying to copy KP Oli's authoritarian
behaviour!], Chair
Lohani backs Lingden to lead RPP (kh
29/11/2021), RPP
leaders Thapa and Lingden to vie for party chair
(kh 30/11/2021), Kamal
Thapa on his own as his close aides leave him
(rep 30/11/2021) RPP
electing general convention representatives from
today (kh 22/11/2021) Inauguration
of RPP General Convention to be held at Bhrikuti
Mandap (kh 18/11/2021) RPP
holds conventions in 65 districts (kh
07/11/2021) RPP's
General Convention From Nov 13 (rn
05/09/2021) NC
cannot govern the country: Rana (rep
20/08/2021) RPP Chair Thapa objects plan to ‘bring local levels under Province govts’ (kh 06/08/2021) [Thapa's idol Mahendra once called it "Back to the Village National Campaign" with various facilities to control and spy on the people! This sounds like a return to panchayat times.. Nevertheless, the local level must not be brought under the control of the provincial level!] RPP
chair warns former PM Bhattarai not to speak
insultingly about faith and religion (kh
21/07/2021) [In the same
way, Kamal Thapa should stop calling for a
return to the Hindu state. This hurts all the
many people of other religions in
multi-religious Nepal and the many disadvantaged
Hindus like Dalits and women in general.
Moreover, Thapa should confess his wrongdoings
under the absolutist Hindu royal regime!] SC
verdict has led increased the danger of
instability in the country: RPP Chair Thapa : He
says Bull delivered a calf in SC today (kh
12/07/2021) [So
restoring the rule of law and ending a coup are
supposed to entail the risk of instability? Does
he really believe in the bullshit he is
spouting?], SC
verdict is contrary to parliamentary system:
Kamal Thapa (kh 13/07/2021) [Kamal Thapa also reiterates
the undemocratic view that in elections the
people do not elect their personal confidants
but a party whose top politicians, usually
undemocratically determined, then have the right
to decide how the elected MP should vote! Voting
for such a party is strongly discouraged!] Republic, federalism and secularism are agenda imposed by foreigners: RPP Chair Thapa (kh 09/06/2021) [They are intellectual achievements of human civilisation, Mr Thapa. Those who think that multi-ethnic and multi-religious Nepal must remain in the centuries-old state of exclusion and social discrimination have understood nothing!] Constitution and democracy at stake due to arbitrariness of ‘carriers of change’: RPP Chair Rana (kh 26/05/2021) [It is hard to believe that this intelligent person actually wants the pre-24 April 2006 situation back. Here is a brief reminder: the late phase of the Maoist insurgency with about 17,000 dead, most of whom were killed by the royal army, which was driven to great brutality; the putschist King Gyanendra dissolved parliament and usurped absolutist power for himself as in Panchayat times; from 1 February 2005 to 24 April 2006, the suspension of basic human rights and the brutal suppression of civil society demonstrations on the streets! Oli is also a coup leader and the parties are not behaving very democratically, but people definitely do not want the situation of before 24 April 2006 back! Historically, the monarchy is to blame for most of Nepal's political and social problems!] People are fed up : Undemocratic practices have been the hallmark of politicians across parties (kp 18/02/2021) Who
gets to write our history? The nationalist
narrative conveniently sets aside other
histories that don’t see Nepal as a great nation,
by Amish Raj Mulmi (kp 22/01/2021) [This is what Hindu
fundamentalists will never learn to accept!] Demanding
restoration of constitutional monarchy and Hindu
state, RPP to stage demonstration protest on
Friday (rep 30/12/2020) RPP holds mass demonstration demanding restoration of monarchy, Hindu state (rep, 26/12/2020) [The Hindu state is a playground for exclusively male Tagadharis (15% of the population) and marginalises 85% of the population, Gyanendra is a Putschist like Mahendra and Oli and therefore no longer fit for any political office, his insane son is unqualified in all respects. So what does this extremist minority want to restore and why? The total failure of male Bahuns at the helm of the parties does not justify depriving the people of their sovereignty once again!] RPP to go for nationwide protests for Hindu state, constitutional monarchy from December 27 (rep 17/12/2020) [A party that was supported by only two per cent of the electorate in the last elections, in the midst of the pandemic, calls its supporters to the streets to demand a return to the two institutions that bear the original blame for the whole political and social malaise of the non-inclusive multi-ethnic and multi-religious state of Nepal???] RPP
to convene CC meeting on Dec 19 (kh
12/12/2020) RPP to stage mass demonstration in support of monarchy (kh 04/12/2020) [The former henchmen of the autocratic monarchy scent their chance, even though they won only two per cent of the votes in the elections three years ago!], Nepal party reincarnating Hindu monarchy : The RPP exploits disarray among ruling Communists to push restoration of Hindu kingdom (nt 04/12/2020) RPP
unification gets formal recognition from
Election Commission (kh 07/10/2020) RPP’s
unity general convention in May, plough as
election symbol (kh 22/09/2020) 30
RPP leaders including Joint General Secy Thapa
resign en masse: Sources said Thapa plans to
join NC soon (rep 26/07/2020) RPP
forms 327-member central committee (kh
11/06/2020) [There
simply cannot be enough members in the central
committee of this small and outdated
anti-inclusive party!] Rastriya
Prajatantra Party leaders swear by Gita to stay
united: Frustrated by frequent splits and
mergers, followers demand assurances history
won’t repeat, by Binod Ghimire (kp
12/03/2020), Rastriya
Prajatantra Party and Its Ideology, by
Siddhi B. Ranjitkar (km 12/03/2020) Democracy
under grave threat: Sunil Thapa (rep
23/01/2020) RPP(Democratic)
Dhankuta district committee dissolved (ht
09/07/2019) RPP
Chief Thapa bats for roundtable conference
(ht 07/06/2019) [There
is no need for a conference of male Tagadharis,
who only represent 15 per dent of Nepal's
population and who have been responsible for the
country's non-inclusive past by promoting their
own culture and identity through Hindu state and
monarchy!!] 14 RPP leaders held from Shanti Batika (ht 20/04/2019) [The action of this tiny party initiated by Kamal Tapa was a grave militant aggression against the secular foundations of multireligious and multicultural modern Nepal Thapa should be arrested as well!] Police baton charge RPP supporters (ht 09/04/2019), Police baton-charge RPP protestors in capital, detain 20 in Pokhara, by Biken K Dawadi (rep) [This police action is a crime, regardless of the anti-national policies advocated by the demonstrators!] Demand
to declare Nepal a Hindu state (ht
20/02/2019), RPP
submits memo to PM demanding restoration of
Hindu kingdom (rep 20/02/2019) [Thank God the RPP is a
completely insignificant minority party that was
supported by only 2 per cent of voters in the
last parliamentary elections!] Rana
and Lohani to merge parties to form RPP
(Samyukta) (rep 01/02/2019), Rana,
Lohani launch RPP (Samyukta) (rep
02/02/2019) Rastriya Prajatantra Party Chair Thapa meets former king Gyanendra in Pokhara (ht 22/12/2018) RPP
to cooperate if NC ‘carries’ agenda of
Hindu-state: Thapa, by Rishi Ram Baral (ht
22/12/2018) Row
in
RPP threatens merger deal: Leaders in Thapa’s
party blame him for promoting factionalism and
denying responsibilities to those outside his
‘coterie’, by Binod Ghimire (kp 11/11/2018),
Pro-Hindu
parties’ unity talks hit snag: Disgruntled
leaders demand Thapa’s resignation as RPP
chairman, by Anil Giri (kp 12/11/2018), Unification
of RPP breakaway forces spoiled (rep
12/11/2018) Three pro-Hindu state forces close to merger: Rastriya Prajatantra Party, RPP (Prajatantrik) and Unified RPP (Nationalist) have intensified the process to form an alternative democratic and nationalist force by November 23, by Anil Giri (kp 07/11/2018) [Pro-Hindu state forces are neither democratic nor nationalist in a multiethnic, multireligious and multicultural state like Nepal!!] RJP-N
to protest on Constitution Day (kp
12/09/2018) Democracy
with monarchy need of hour: RPP chair (ht
11/08/2018) [?????] RPP
chief calls for review of treaty (kp
06/04/2018) Alliance
with NC behind poll loss: RPP Chair Thapa
(ht 28/01/2018) [?? The
NC has got 32.78% of the PR votes, 0.47% less
than the winning UML; the RPP has got only 2.06%
of the PR votes because of its undemocratic and
anti-national attitude!!] RPP
blames Congress for electoral loss (ht
06/01/2018) RPP
to hold CEC meet on Jan 3-5 (kp 28/12/2017) RPP ‘firm on Hindu state, monarchy’ (kp 08/11/2017) RPP
hopeful quits party to assist CPN-UML (kp
27/10/2017) 33-party
alliance to support URPP-R in election (ht
21/10/2017) RPP
not to join govt in haste: Thapa (ht
11/10/2017) [Yes, please
wait until you have been ousted by the voters in
the upcoming general elections!] RPP seeks 7pc seats in ‘democratic’ alliance (kp 06/10/2017) Lohani,
Rana fight for plough as poll symbol (kp
04/09/2017) Thapa
moves SC against legality of Rana’s party
(kp 28/08/2017) [By the
way, Thapas RPP-N is illegal as well as it
stands against fundamental aspects of the
constitution like federalism, republicanism and
secularism!!] Decoding
RPP
split: Rpp cadres were unhappy with Kamal Thapa
as he ac cepted the 2015 constitution without
even registering a not of dissent, by
Siddhartha Thapa (rep 27/08/2017) RPP
to file case against EC for accepting RPP-D
(ht 25/08/2017) RPP
to
book 18 erring lawmakers: A meeting of the party
decides to initiate action against the MPs for
going against the party whip (kp 23/08/2017) RPP
stands
against charter revision bill: With main
opposition UML and the Thapa-led party deciding
to vote against constitution amendment, slim
chance of the bill being endorsed (kp
21/08/2017) [Don't
bother about what we said yesterday!!
Tomorrow we will say the opposite again!] RPP-P
asked
to verify signatures: Splint er group has to
prove at least 40 percent share in both central
committee and the Parliamentary Party to retain
lawmakers (kp 13/08/2017), RPP-P
seeks more time for registration (kp
14/08/2017), Rana-led
RPP-D gets a week’s time to prove validity of
signatures (ht 14/08/2017), RPP-P
moves court against EC decision (kp
19/08/2017), SC
clears way for RPP (P) registration (kp
22/08/2017), SC
stays EC decision to re-verify RPP Rana
faction’s signatures, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht
22/08/2017) Rana
splits
RPP to form new party: The Rana faction claims
support of 22 lawmakers and 72 central
committee members from Thapa-led party (kp
07/08/2017), RPP
splits as Rana applies for new party (rep
07/08/2017), Thapa’s
opportunism blamed for RPP split /ht
08/08/2017), Mired
In Division (rn 08/08/2017), RPP
Prajatantrik to join govt after registration
(kp 08/08/2017), Ripping
Apart Of RPP, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
09/08/2017), Thapa-led
RPP decides to pull support from govt (kp
09/08/2017) Rastriya
Prajatantra Party Chair Thapa slams delay in
tabling constitution amendment bill (ht
03/08/2017) RPP
to take call on amendment vote later (ht
01/08/2017) RPP drops plan to join govt (kp 27/07/2017) [Good decision! This anti-constitutional and non inclusive party is not of any use!!], RPP settles for supporting govt without Cabinet share: Even if the party with 37 lawmakers pulls the plug, the government will continue to have a majority in Parliament (kp 29/07/2017) Rajbhandari claims RPP owes him Rs40m (kp 22/07/2017) RPP CWC meet decides to support statute amendment (ht 22/07/2017) Power
struggle
in RPP raises spectre of split: The dispute
between Thapa and Rana came to public domain
after the latter accused the chairman of running
the party in an autocratic way (kp
15/07/2017), Rift
in
RPP after 42 CC members nominated (ht
15/07/2017), RPP's
internal dispute likely to end (rep
17/07/2017), Efforts
under
way to convince annoyed senior leader Rana
(ht 18/07/2017), No
end in sight to RPP disputes (rep
18/07/2017), RPP
feud
intensifies as Rana boycotts meeting, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 19/07/2017), Voice
grows
in party to change electoral symbol: Leaders
call for taking ‘plough’ instead of ‘cow’
(kp 20/07/2017) RPP
parliamentary
party discusses statute amendment (ht
10/07/2017) Thapa
blamed
for making personal ambition a precondition
(ht 09/07/2017) RPP
to
delist cadres challenging party’s official
candidates (kp 25/06/2017) 300
RPP
cadres enter Lohani’s party (kp 12/06/2017) Thapa
keen
to make amends for poor first round results
(kp 30/05/2017) RPP
emergency
meeting today (kp 22/05/2017), RPP
evaluates
causes of defeat (kp 23/05/2017), RPP
At Risk!, by Bishnu Gautam (rn 23/05/2017),
No
reason
to give up: RPP (ht 23/05/2017), Dropping
‘plough’
symbol led to poll defeat: Rana (kp
24/05/2017) RPP seemingly headed for a stinging defeat, by Gyan P. Neupane (rep 18/05/2017) [This anti-inclusive Hindu fundamentalist party should see it as the referendum it has been asking for!!!] UML-RPP alliance in Kathmandu (rep 03/05/2017) RPP
presents
manifesto: ‘Ultra-leftist forces shrank
democratic space last decade’, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 27/04/2017) [Claims
the ultra-rightist force that represents Nepal's
ground evel!!] Governing
RPP
announces fresh protests against EC (kp
15/04/2017), EC
puts
earlier decision on RPP statute on hold: Party
withdraws protests to ‘focus on elections’
(kp 21/04/2017) Big parties in bid to suppress RPP’s agendas: Kamal Thapa (kp 04/04/2017) Destroying Hinduism: We must defend Kamal Thapa’s right to maintain his party’s position on Hindu state but we should reject his call for Nepal as Hindu state, by Bishal Thapa (rep 04/04/2017) [????] Lohani
forms
new ‘right-wing’ party (kp 30/03/2017) Political
Imbroglio: A Gordian Knot?, by Uttam
Maharjan (rn 23/03/2017) EC removes Hindu state, monarchy from RPP’s statute (ht 18/03/2017) [The correct way would have been not to register anti-national parties like the RPP-Nepal that stand aginst the fundamental principals of Nepali state and society and try to disturb social harmony!!], Election Commission robbed us of our soul, says Kamal Thapa (ht 18/03/2017), EC move can ruin poll environment: Thapa; Objects to removal of ‘Hindu state’, ‘monarchy’ from his party statute, by Tika R. Pradhan (kp 19/03/2017), RPP registers amendment proposal demanding Hindu state (ht 19/03/2017), Commission defends decision to reject RPP agendas (kp 20/03/2017) [The EC will probably not have the right to change party statutes, but according to article 269 it has the duty not to allow parties with such anti-constitutional and anti-national goals! In view of growing Hindu fundamentalism in Nepal's immediate neighbourhood, the RPP-Nepal means a real danger!!], Political Hinduism: For Nepal, there’s much to be wary of the Hindu cleric in UP’s new chief minister (kp 20/03/2017), Stung by EC, RPP registers constitution amendment proposal: Proposes ‘Hindu state with complete religious freedom’, instead of secularism (kp 20/03/2017), RPP members clash with cops, dozens hurt: Party is protesting against EC move of removing ‘Hindu state’ and ‘monarchy’ from its statute (kp 21/03/2017), Kantipath turns tense as RPP cadres clash with police (rep 21/03/2017), Shifting winds: Nepal’s Hindu supporters may be eyeing a rebound with leftists in India at a low ebb, by Prakash A. Raj (kp 21/03/2017), EC Takes Wind Out Of RPP’s Sails, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn 22/03/2017) DPM Thapa advocates for reinstatement of Hindu state: RPP ministers are advocating for a Hindu state though the constitution has declared Nepal a secular country (kp 16/03/2017) [This antinational politician is trying to destroy social harmony in Nepal! He must be dismissed immediately! Why is he not treated like CK Raut?] Lohani
quits
reshaped RPP (kp 13/03/2017) Long live King Kamal! Kamal Dai and his fellow mandaley’s voted against our Emperor during the prime ministerial election in August. But in politics, friends become foes and enemies become lovers, by Guffadi (kp 11/03/2017) [satirical] Thapa
makes
it to govt, again: Three RPP leaders join Dahal
who now leads the largest Cabinet ever, by
Binod Ghimire (kp 10/03/2017) RPP
settles
for cow as vote sign (kp 04/03/2017) Unified
RPP elects 98 CC members (rep 23/02/2017) Thapa secures united RPP chair with a landslide (kp 21/02/2017) General Convention Of RPP And K Thapa, by Siddhi B Ranjitkar (km 21/02/2017) Rastriya
Prajatantra
Party convention: RPP calls on all parties to
work together for nation, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 18/02/2017) [In this
case, you should stop to promote the Hindu
state! The Nepali nation embraces a
multi-ethnic, multi-religious and multi-cultural
state!!], RPP
national
general convention kicks off (ht
18/02/2017), Cow
or
plough: Party leaders spar over vote symbol
(kp 19/02/2017) RPP
unanimous
on Thapa as its chair (kp 16/02/2017), Lohani
to
run for RPP chair (kp 18/02/2017) RPP
unity
convention will go for reinstating monarchy:
Thapa; Thapa, who backed consti-tutional
monarchy even after it was abolished, hails king
as the pillar of national independence and unity
(kp 12/02/2017) [Such
demands are anti-national and destroy social
harmony in the multi-ethnic and multi-cultural
state of Nepal where many social groups have
suffered under royal politics for centuries!],
We
embrace
Hindutwa as the backbone of the Nepali polity,
interview with Kamal Thapa (kp 13/02/2017) [In other words: Let's return
to the non-inclusive and authoritarian Nepal
that belongs to the male minority of some so
called high castes! This man respresents one of
the greatest dangers for Nepal's future!],
RPP
jamboree
to decide on monarchy, federalism (kp
15/02/2017) Top
three
leaders testing waters before filing candidacy
for party chairmanship (ht 11/02/2017) RPP selects district reps for convention (kp 08/02/2017) RPP
to
recall ministers soon, says Lohani (kp
07/02/2017) Thapa,
Rana
to fight for RPP chair (kp 25/01/2017) RPP calls for marking Poush 27 as national unity day (kp 10/01/2017) [Yes, please celebrate the founder of modern Nepal who has ultimate resposibility for the failed developments of the country!] RPP
convention
set to take place in February: The party will
come up with its formal position on
republicanism, federalism (kp 25/12/2016) Rastriya
Prajatantra
Party names 20 office bearers (kp
14/12/2016), Thapa
picks
office bearers of Rastriya Prajatantra Party
(kp 14/12/2016) [In a
democratic party, office bearers have to be
elected!] The
choice now between the devil and the deep blue
sea, interview with hardliner conservative
politician Kamal Thapa, RPP-Nepal (rep 08/12/2016) Seeking
another
path: If the newly merged RPP decides to support
monarchy, it will lose people’s trust;
Restoration of multiparty democracy has not
instilled democratic culture in the RPP’s
leaders, who have not been able to let go of
their feudal past. The rivalry among the leaders
is the basic reason behind the party’s periodic
splits, by Khagendra N. Sharma (kp
04/12/2016) RPP
puts on hold monarchy restoration demand
(rep 25/11/2016) RPP takes conciliatory approach: Party chief Kamal Thapa hints at supporting the amendment bill (kp 24/11/2016), RPP says it will continue supporting government (ht 24/11/2016) RPP
leaders oppose top posts for naturalized
(rep 24/11/2016) Nepal-India
oversight
meeting next week (kp 22/11/2016), Rana-led
RPP
unifies with Thapa-led RPP-N: Unified party to
have 37 members in the parliament (ht
22/11/2016), RPP,
RPP-N unify, raise possibility of stark change
in politics, by Nabin Khatiwada (rep
22/11/2016) United
RPP
has 37 lawmakers: The new RPP has Kamal Thapa as
chairman and Pashupati Shumsher Rana as national
chairman, by Binod Ghimire (kp 22/11/2016) Two RPPs announce merger decision, again: Formal unification on Monday; Dahal government to be stronger, by Binod Ghimire (kp 16/11/2016) [How can non-inclusive anti-system parties make the government stronger?] RPP
bats
for Hindu republic (ht 29/09/2016) After
failed
merger bid, storm brewing in RPP; Chand-led
faction serves ultimatum to restart unity
process with RPP-N (kp 26/08/2016) RPP-N chair Thapa bats for Hindu state (ht 22/08/2016) [This is as unconstitutional as CK Raut's demand for a separate Madheshi state; Raut has been arrested time and again for this demand!] RPP,
RPP-Nepal
announce merger: Two right-wing parties to unite
to revive Hindu state: Following their
unification scheduled for Tuesday, the new party
will have a combined 37 seats in Parliament
(kp) [Reviving the arch
reason of many of Nepal's social and political
problems is in the same way anti-constitutional
as the demand for a Madheshi or Janajati state
would be! This Hindu monarchical fanatic
minority obviously wants to destroy the future
of Nepal's multiethnic and multicultural
society!!], RPP,
RPP-N
unity plan hits a snag (kp 09/08/2016), RPP,
RPP-N
differ on joining govt (ht 09/08/2016), ‘Foreign
forces
foiled merger’ (kp 10/08/2016) [??], RPP-N
Chair Thapa says party unification chapter
closed, blames Rana (rep 10/08/2016) RPP-Nepal,
RPP unification likely by Sunday (rep
28/07/2016) RPP,
RPP-Nepal
announce plan to unite in three weeks (kp
12/07/2016) Hindu
state
identity for Nepal, says RPP-N chief (ht
07/06/2016) [Such
anticonstitutional demands violate against the
sentiments of Nepal's multiethnic,
multireligious and multicultural society and
threaten social harmony!] RPP,
RPP-Nepal
merger plan hits roadblock, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 23/05/2016) RPP
a
frustrated coalition partner: Rana (ht
17/04/2016) RPP-N tells Minister Bista to quit: To ask PM to sack if he doesn’t resign (kp 16/04/2016), RPP-Nepal to ask PM to sack asst minister (kp 17/04/2016), PM Oli relieves Asst Minister Bista of his duty (ht 28/04/2016) RPP-N
will
still bat for Hindu state: Thapa (kp
03/04/2016) [This is an
unconstitutional demand, Mr DPM!], RPP-N
to
file motion for a Hindu state (kp
04/04/2016) RPP-N
Co-chair
Bista suspended for three years (ht
02/04/2016) RPP-N
forms
panel to hold unity talks with Chand-led RPP
(ht 02/02/2016) RPP
dispute
ends; Chand takes reins (kp 27/12/2015) RPP
leadership
dispute ends; Rana to step down for Chand
(ht 19/11/2015) Chand,
Rana
tussle; RPP feud: Chair ‘ousted’, by Binod
Ghimire (kp 07/09/2015), Rana
ousted
as RPP chairman, replaced by Chand (kp
07/09/2015), RPP
faction
appoints Chand chairman (rep 07/09/2015) Lawati,
staunch
royalist, no more (kp 11/06/2015), Panchthar
mourns
Lawati’s death (ht 11/06/2015) RPP-Nepal
files
note of dissent in CA (kp 11/06/2015) RPP-N
will
be merged with RPP, says Thapa (ht
06/04/2015) Federalism
will
invite crisis in country: RPP-N (ht
04/04/2015) RPP-N
warns
of obstructing CA: Party leaders say they should
be allowed to raise the issues of Hindu nation,
monarchy and federalism in the Constituent
Assembly (kp 02/04/2015) [The demand for Hindu state
and monarchy is in the same way unconstitutional
and antinational as CK Raut's demand for an
independent Tarai state! The current interim
constitution defines Nepal as a secular and
inclusive federal republic!] RPP,
RPP-N
form two thematic panels (kp 25/03/2015) RPP-N’s
Thapa
adamant about Hindu state (ht 19/03/2015) Lawoti
severs
ties with RPP-N: Forms separate central
committee with 164 members (kp 10/03/2015),
Parallel
Central
Committee in RPP-N (kp 10/03/2015) RPP-N,
RPP
‘inch closer to merger’, by Binod Ghimire
(kp 09/03/2015)
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