Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Prajatantrik)

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic)
राष्ट्रिय प्रजातन्त्र पार्टी (प्रजातान्त्रिक)
Abbreviation RPP(D)
Chairperson Pashupati SJB Rana
Founded 6 August 2017 (2017-08-06)
Split from Rastriya Prajatantra Party
Headquarters Charumati Vihar ,Chabahil
Ideology Royalism
Hindu nationalism
Conservatism
Political position Centre-right to Right-wing
Election symbol

Rastriya Prajantantra Party (Prajatantrik) (Nepali: राष्ट्रिय प्रजातन्त्र पार्टी (प्रजातान्त्रिक); translation: National Democratic Party (Democratic); abbr. RPP(D)) is a political party in Nepal. It was formed on 6 August 2017 by Pashupati SJB Rana after splitting from Rastriya Prajatantra Party.[1][2]

History

Party chairman, Pashupati SJB Rana

Formation

The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic) was formed by Pashupati SJB Rana after disagreements with Rastriya Prajatantra Party chairman Kamal Thapa about joining the government.[3][4] The party was formed with 18 members to the Legislature Parliament of Nepal from Rastriya Prajatantra Party.[5] The party was absent for the vote on the constitution amendment bill on 22 August 2017.[6]

The party joined the Sher Bahadur Deuba led government on 10 September 2017. Deepak Bohara, Bikram Panday and Sunil Bahadur Thapa were inducted as ministers in the cabinet.[7] Deepak Bohara was also elected parliamentary party leader.[8] Two more ministers were inducted in the cabinet on 17 September 2017.[9]

Recent developments

In response the electoral alliance by the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist-Leninist), the party joined an electoral alliance with Nepali Congress and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party.[10] In the 2017 legislative and provincial elections, the party did not win any seat to the House of Representatives. The party did win a single seat to the Provincial Assembly of Province No. 3 however through proportional representation.[11]

Electoral performance

Election Leader Votes Seats Position Resulting government
# % # +/-
2017 Pashupati SJB Rana 88,377 0.93
0 / 275
 8th CPN(UML)–CPN(Maoist Centre)

Presence in various provinces

Province Seats Year of election
Province No. 3
1 / 110
 2017

Leadership

Chairmen of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic) since 2017

See also

References

  1. ↑ "RPP splits; Pashupati Shamsher Rana forms RPP-Prajatantrik". My Republica. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  2. ↑ "Rastriya Prajatantra Party splits, again". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  3. ↑ "Rana splits RPP to form new party". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  4. ↑ "RPP formally splits". The Himalayan Times. 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  5. ↑ "Deuba to induct 3 more ministers, cabinet to become biggest ever". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  6. ↑ "Constitution amendment bill fails in Parliament". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  7. ↑ "PM Deuba expands Cabinet, 3 ministers sworn in". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  8. ↑ "Bohara elected PP leader of RPP (Prajatantrik)". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  9. ↑ "Deuba Cabinet to induct 2 more ministers from RPP (P)". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  10. ↑ "NC to contest 120 parliamentary seats in second round of polls". The Himalayan Times. 2017-11-03. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  11. ↑ "Provincial PR seat allocation to parties complete". The Himalayan Times. 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
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