Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Samyukta)

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (United)
राष्ट्रिय प्रजातन्त्र पार्टी (संयुक्त)
AbbreviationRPP (U)
ChairpersonPashupati SJB Rana
Prakash Chandra Lohani
Founded6 August 2017 (7 years ago) (2017-08-06)
Dissolved12 March 2020
Split fromRastriya Prajatantra Party
Merged intoRastriya Prajatantra Party
HeadquartersCharumati Vihar, Chabahil
IdeologyConservatism
Hindu nationalism
Royalism
Political positionCentre-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

Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana, the party chairman

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
No. % No. +/-
2017 Pashupati SJB Rana 88,377 0.93
0 / 275
 8th In opposition

Presence in various provinces

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

Leadership

Chairmen

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Rastriya Prajatantra Party splits, again". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  3. ^ "Rana, Lohani to announce new party on Friday – OnlineKhabar". 31 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
  4. ^ "Rana splits RPP to form new party". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  5. ^ "RPP formally splits". The Himalayan Times. 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  6. ^ "Deuba to induct 3 more ministers, cabinet to become biggest ever". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  7. ^ "Constitution amendment bill fails in Parliament". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  8. ^ "PM Deuba expands Cabinet, 3 ministers sworn in". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  9. ^ "Bohara elected PP leader of RPP (Prajatantrik)". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  10. ^ "Deuba Cabinet to induct 2 more ministers from RPP (P)". Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  11. ^ "NC to contest 120 parliamentary seats in second round of polls". The Himalayan Times. 2017-11-03. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  12. ^ "Provincial PR seat allocation to parties complete". The Himalayan Times. 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2018-04-21.
  13. ^ "Three chairs of RPP promise not to split again at merger meeting". Onlinekhabar. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.