Rajendra Lingden elected RPP Chair

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. 

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RPP Chair Lingden leaves for Qatar

Chairperson of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), Rajendra Lingden, has left here for Qatar on Wednesday

RPP Chair Lingden leaves for Qatar

Chairperson of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), Rajendra Lingden, has left here for Qatar on Wednesday

Former Kumari Samita Bajracharya joins RPP

KATHMANDU, March 3: Samita Bajracharya, a former Kumari has joined the Rashtriya Prajantantra Party (RPP). RPP Chairman Rajendra Lingden and former Chairman Prakash Chandra Lohani welcomed Bajracharya to the party with Khada (a kind of garland given for respect) and membership.

RPP not entered the government

Rashtriya Prajatantra Party RPP Chairman Rajendra Lingden gave this information

US Ambassador calls on RPP Chair Lingden

US Ambassador to Nepal, Dean Thompson, paid a courtesy call on President of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Rajendra Lingden.

US Ambassador calls on RPP Chair Lingden

US Ambassador to Nepal, Dean Thompson, paid a courtesy call on President of Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Rajendra Lingden.

Fourth victory of RPP in the HoR elections

RPP President Rajendra Lingden has won the post of a member of the House of Representatives

RPP Chairman registers candidacy

Rashtriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) Chairman Rajendra Lingden has registered his candidacy.

Rajendra Lingden announces candidacy for RPP Chairman

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.