Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal

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Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal

राष्ट्रिय प्रजातन्त्र पार्टी नेपाल



Party chairperson	Kamal Thapa^[1]




Election symbol

Rastriya Prajatantra Party Nepal is a Right-wing, Conservative, and royalist, political party in Nepal, a splinter group of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party.^[2]

The party supports retaining Nepal as a Hindu monarchy.^[3] The party was registered with the Election Commission of Nepal ahead of the April 2008 Constituent Assembly election.^[4] Ahead of the election, the party sought to form a front of royalist parties.^[5]

[edit] History

The party was initially led by Kamal Thapa, home minister under King Gyanendra's direct rule. Thapa resigned as party chair in October 2006.^[6]

The party won the largest number of mayors in the 2006 municipal election. The party candidate, Rajaram Shrestha, won the mayoral post in the capital Kathmandu. The election was, however, boycotted by most major parties.^[7]

In April 2006, the Nepal Samata Party (Socialist) merged into the party.^[8]

In January 2007, Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Nationalist) of Rajeswor Devkota and Bidwai Parishad of Jit Bahadur Arjel merged with the party.^[9]

On March 2, 2008, Rabindranath Sharma stepped down from the position as chair of the party, citing health reasons. Kamal Thapa again became chair of the party.^[1]

The RPP-Nepal won four seats in the April 2008 Constituent Assembly election. At the first meeting of the Constituent Assembly on May 28, 2008, the RPP-Nepal was the only party to oppose the declaration of a republic; there were 560 votes in favor of a republic and only the RPP-Nepal's four votes against it.^[10]