Kathmandu, May 31 (IANS) Rabi Lamichhane, President of the ruling Rastryiya Swatantra Party ( RSP) of Nepal, is scheduled to visit India on June 1-2, at a time when the proposed visit of Prime Minister Balendra Shah has been uncertain. Manish Jha, spokesperson of the party, told IANS that Lamichhane is visiting New Delhi for two days at the invitation of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President Nitin Nabin.Besides the BJP President, Lamichhane is also scheduled to meet Prime Minister Nare…
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Kathmandu, May 27 (IANS) As the proposed visit of Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah to India appears increasingly uncertain, Rabi Lamichhane, President of the ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), is likely to visit New Delhi in the first week of June. Office bearers of the ruling party said the party chief is expected to travel to New Delhi, although neither side has officially announced the visit.RSP spokesperson Manish Jha told IANS that President Lamichhane is likely to visit New Delhi i…
Kathmandu, April 20 (IANS) US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia, Paul Kapur, who arrived in Kathmandu on Monday, has begun meetings with Nepal’s political and business leaders. It is the first visit by a senior US official since a new government was formed in Nepal under the leadership of Prime Minister Balendra Shah on March 27, following the March 5 elections.On Monday, Kapur met Rabi Lamichhane, President of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), on the first day of his v…
Kathmandu, March 26 (IANS) The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) in Nepal on Thursday elected senior leader Balendra Shah as its parliamentary party leader, paving the way for him to be the country’s new Prime Minister. The party, which contested the elections with Shah as its Prime Ministerial candidate, secured a thumping victory in the March 5 parliamentary elections, winning 182 out of 275 seats in the House of Representatives.Shah is all set to take the oath of office as Prime Minister of Ne…
Kathmandu, March 26 (IANS) Although China congratulated Nepal and the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) for its sweeping victory in the parliamentary elections held on March 5, the results have emerged as a setback for Beijing, analysts reckon.The RSP, led by former media personality Rabi Lamichhane and Prime Ministerial hopeful Balen Shah, emerged as the largest political party in the House of Representatives, securing nearly a two-thirds majority. Traditional political parties, including the Nepa…
New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The Central Committee of Nepal’s Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), which swept the March 5 general election, is scheduled to meet on Thursday afternoon to elect its Parliamentary Party leader, according to reports from Kathmandu. In all probability, the party will name the engineer-rapper and social media sensation, Balendra Shah, who it had earlier projected as the Prime Ministerial face.The 35-year-old leader, popularly known as ‘Balen’, emerged as a prominent politica…
Kathmandu, March 19 (IANS) Gagan Thapa, who was elected president of the Nepali Congress through a controversially-held special general convention in January, has resigned from his post following the party’s electoral setback in the recently held parliamentary elections. Thapa himself suffered a humiliating loss at the hands of Amaresh Kumar Singh of the all-conquering Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) in the Sarlahi-4 constituency in Madhesh Province, as his party came a distant second, with a lar…
New Delhi/Kathmandu, March 9 (IANS) Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) President Rabi Lamichhane on Monday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for congratulating him and his party after RSP emerged victorious in the March 5 Nepal parliamentary elections, saying the new government would prioritise “development diplomacy” and strengthen ties with India.In a post on X, Lamichhane expressed gratitude for the message sent by the Indian Prime Minister and said the mandate given by the Nepali people would…
Kathmandu, March 9 (IANS) As the sweeping victory of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) in Nepal’s parliamentary elections held on March 5 was confirmed, its President Rabi Lamichhane and senior leader Balen Shah received congratulatory calls from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday. PM Modi confirmed in a post on social media platform X that he had held telephone conversations with Lamichhane and Shah, who is expected to become the country’s next Prime Minister.”Congratulate…
Kathmandu, March 9 (IANS) As counting of votes concluded in 163 electoral constituencies out of 165 under the First-Past-the-Post (FPTP) system in Nepal’s parliamentary elections by Monday evening, the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) secured nearly 76 per cent of the seats in the House of Representatives in a sweeping electoral victory.The three-and-a-half-year-old party, led by its President Rabi Lamichhane and Prime Ministerial candidate Balen Shah, secured victory in 125 seats, as one heavyw…