Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Samyukta)
Rastriya Prajatantra Party (United) राष्ट्रिय प्रजातन्त्र पार्टी (संयुक्त) | |
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Abbreviation | RPP (U) |
Chairperson | Pashupati SJB Rana Prakash Chandra Lohani |
Founded | 6 August 2017 |
Dissolved | 12 March 2020 |
Split from | Rastriya Prajatantra Party |
Merged into | Rastriya Prajatantra Party |
Headquarters | Charumati Vihar, Chabahil |
Ideology | Conservatism Hindu nationalism Royalism |
Political position | Centre-right to right-wing |
Election symbol | |
Rastriya Prajantantra Party (Samyukta) (Nepali: राष्ट्रिय प्रजातन्त्र पार्टी (संयुक्त)), literally the National Democratic Party (United) and abbreviated RPP (U), was a political party in Nepal. It was formed on 6 August 2017 by Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana after splitting from the Rastriya Prajatantra Party as the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic).[1][2] On 31 January 2019, it merged with the Unified Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Nationalist), another splinter group of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party, to form Samyukta.[3]
History[]
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.[4][5] The party was formed with 18 members to the Legislature Parliament of Nepal from Rastriya Prajatantra Party.[6] The party was absent for the vote on the constitution amendment bill on 22 August 2017.[7]
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.[8] Deepak Bohara was also elected parliamentary party leader.[9] Two more ministers were inducted in the cabinet on 17 September 2017.[10]
Merger and dissolution[]
In response the electoral alliance by the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre), the party joined an electoral alliance with Nepali Congress and the Rastriya Prajatantra Party.[11] 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.[12] The party merged into Rastriya Prajatantra Party on March 12, 2020.[13]
Electoral performance[]
Election | Leader | Votes | Seats | Position | Resulting government | ||
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No. | % | No. | +/- | ||||
2017 | Pashupati SJB Rana | 88,377 | 0.93 | 0 / 275
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8th | In opposition |
Presence in various provinces[]
Province | Seats | Year of election |
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Province No. 3 | 1 / 110
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2017 |
Leadership[]
Chairmen[]
- Pashupati SJB Rana, 2017–2020
- Prakash Chandra Lohani, 2019–2020
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "RPP splits; Pashupati Shamsher Rana forms RPP-Prajatantrik". My Republica. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ "Rastriya Prajatantra Party splits, again". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ "Rana, Lohani to announce new party on Friday – OnlineKhabar". Retrieved 2019-05-29.
- ^ "Rana splits RPP to form new party". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ "RPP formally splits". The Himalayan Times. 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ "Deuba to induct 3 more ministers, cabinet to become biggest ever". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ "Constitution amendment bill fails in Parliament". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ "PM Deuba expands Cabinet, 3 ministers sworn in". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ "Bohara elected PP leader of RPP (Prajatantrik)". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ "Deuba Cabinet to induct 2 more ministers from RPP (P)". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ "NC to contest 120 parliamentary seats in second round of polls". The Himalayan Times. 2017-11-03. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ "Provincial PR seat allocation to parties complete". The Himalayan Times. 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
- ^ "Three chairs of RPP promise not to split again at merger meeting". Onlinekhabar. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
- Political parties in Nepal
- 2017 establishments in Nepal
- 2020 disestablishments in Nepal