RPP Chair Rajendra Lingden Accuses ‘New’ Parties of Acting as Agents of the Prime Minister

Chairperson of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), Rajendra Lingden, has claimed that parties calling themselves “new” are neither new in principles nor in ideology, accusing them of working as agents of the prime minister.

Addressing the unity declaration program of RPP and RPP Nepal held in Kathmandu on Wednesday, Lingden said the sudden alignment of new parties should be viewed with suspicion. He questioned how parties that were hurling abuses at each other just a day earlier managed to unite overnight. “Who brought them together? They don’t even know what they are uniting for, or how many seats they can win. Brokerage on behalf of the prime minister has already begun inside the party,” he remarked.

Lingden said the so-called new parties lack ideology, stating that their principles and ideas are unclear. He also claimed that both the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML have weakened following the Gen Z movement, while noting that the Maoists have even changed their party name. “This is a fertile time for our agenda,” he said.

In this context, Lingden urged party leaders and cadres to treat the upcoming House of Representatives election as a movement. He said the election scheduled for Falgun 21 is not a solution to the country’s problems, arguing that the Gen Z uprising was not meant to push the 2084 BS election forward to 2082 BS. According to him, elections should be held through an all-party consensus involving the monarchy, political parties, and the youth.

“However, the country is being forced toward elections. We must use the election as a movement,” Lingden said, urging party members to mobilize actively in their respective constituencies.

He also called on leaders and cadres to remain united, stating that the merger of RPP and RPP Nepal has created a major political force, and emphasized the need to move forward by forgetting past differences.