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RPP unity convention beginning amid Lohani’s dissent

Kathmandu, February 17

The unity convention of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (though the party does not exactly look like one family, at least for now) is starting in Kathmandu from Friday.

Here are some of the highlights of the convention of the party, which is the result of the marrriage between RPP-Nepal and RPP that took place about a month ago.

Bhrikuti Mandap – the venue

RPP President Kamal Thapa will inaugurate the convention, which is taking place at Bhrikuti Mandap, Kathmandu, at 1 pm.

It is learnt that, clad in ethnic dresses, cadres of sister wings of the party will take out rallies from 54 different places in the Kathmandu Valley and converge into Bhrikuti Mandap, amid a musical procession and cultural highlights.

One lakh participants! 

The party has claimed that more than one lakh people will take part in the jamboree, including 3,470 general convention representatives from different parts of the country. It said chiefs of different political parties as well as foreign diplomats will attend the convention. The convention will constitute a working committee comprising 185 members, including 161 central members. The closed session will start from Saturday, the party said.

Lohani dissents

RPP leader Prakash Chandra Lohani has questioned the understanding reached between Thapa and RPP national president Pashupati Shumsher JBR on making Thapa president of the party again after the general convention. Issuing a press release, RPP leader Lohani said the uderstanding is pointless. Lohani has been expressing his dissatisfaction with the party statute. The understanding (on making Kamal Thapa party president after the convention) has lost its locus standi, Lohani said, asking leaders and cadres to support him.

This came two days after Thapa and RPP national president JBR reached an understanding on making Thapa party president again.

Lohani pointed that he is for retaining the Plough as the election symbol of the party and bringing in half of the office-bearers to the party fold through elections. He said: With these demands neglected, the understanding makes no sense.

The new statute of the party is for nominating all members of the party.

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