KATHMANDU: Defeating the incumbent Chairman Kamal Thapa in an election held on Saturday during the party’s unity general convention with a margin of 227 votes, Rajendra Lingden has been elected the chairman of right-wing Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP).
Lingden, the only lawmaker of the party in the federal parliament, secured as many as 1,844 votes out of 3,873 total votes. His contender, Thapa managed to win 1,617 votes, according to Hari Bahadur Basnet, party’s election officer. As many as 431 votes were declared invalid.
With this, Lingden will take charge of the party for the next four years.
KATHMANDU: Rajendra Lingden, General Secretary of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), who is also a member of the House of Representatives (HoR), has announced his candidacy for the party’s chairman.
Organizing a press conference in the capital on Thursday, a key leader of the party Dhawal Shumsher Rana announced that Lingden will vie for the senior most executive position in the party during the party’s general convention.
The only lawmaker of the party in the federal parliament, Lingden will now contest the election with party Chairman Kamal Thapa.
On the occasion, Lingden said that he would emerge victorious in the convention as party cadres are ‘fed up with’ incumbent Chairman Thapa.
RPP is holding its general convention in the capital from December 1 to 3.
