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Three RPPs
Three RPPs
August 7, 2017
Kathmandu: Not even a year passed since the Rastriya Prajatnatra Party (RPP) and its breakaway party RPP-Nepal merged together to have the strength of 37 lawmakers in the parliament, it has split into two more RPPs making altogether three RPPs.
Kamal Thapa’s RPP-Nepal had 24 lawmakers whereas the parent RPP had 13; so, the merged RPP has 37 lawmakers in the parliament. Kamal Thapa became the commander of the newly merged RPPs; and every party member hoped that it would emerge as a potential third political party.
However, Thapa as the chairman and the commander of the newly merged RPPs triggered one of the influential leaders Prakash Chandra Lohani to come out openly against the working of Thapa, and set up a new RPP slightly in a different name.
Now, another influential leader Pashupati Shumsher JBR took away 22 lawmakers from Kamal Thapa leaving behind 15 and set up a new RPP-Democratic; and he is preparing to register it at the Election Commission.
What Kamal Thapa got is nine lawmakers less than what he garnered in the election to the current parliament in 2013. Is Thapa better off or worse off? It seems he is better off despite the loss of nine lawmakers, as he has the lawmakers that submit to his dictatorial style of working in the party. He must be relieved as the most of the dissidents and rivals in the party have left.
