- Sunday, 7 June 2026
Kimathanka (Sankhuwasabha), June 7: The first convention of the Rastriya Swatantra Party in Sankhuwasabha elected Bhaktanarayan Shrestha as the district chair.
The new district executive committee headed by Shrestha was elected unanimously. Shrestha is also the RSP founding president in the district.
The new executive committee elects Suman Dangi as vice-president, Sunil Shrestha as secretary and Santosh Basnet as joint-secretary. Likewise, Hem Kumar Rai, Gobardhan Rai, Jayaram Adhikari, Kesang Lama and Buddhiman Gurung are the committee members.
Adhikari elected RSP district chair with single vote margin
Gandaki, June 7: Yadunath Adhikari has been elected district chair of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) in Kaski.
In the voting concluded on Saturday, Adhikari won the election by defeating his nearest rival, Ekraj Neupane, by a single vote. Adhikari secured 115 votes to emerge victorious, while Neupane got 114. Out of total voters 290, voting recorded 233 turnouts.
Similarly, Chin Bahadur Gurung was elected vice-chair by the convention, while Bishwaraj Paudel the secretary and Sujan Bastakoti the joint-secretary. It is said the committee will nominate its treasurer later.
RSP Parbat elects Pun as new chair
Parbat, June 7: The first district convention of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has elected Jal Bahadur Pun as the chair.
Sharada Kumari Sharma has been elected as the vice president of the 10-member working committee, while Rameshwar Gautam the secretary and Narayan Prasad Bhusal the joint secretary.
Dinesh Basyal, Birendra Bikram Malla Thakuri, Rasila Paudel Malla, Pratima Sharma Subedi, Thakkar Prasad Sharma and Ganesh Prasad Sharma are the committee members.
Representatives from all 61 wards in the district attended the district convention.
Dahal elected RSP Sunsari chair thru voting
Inaruwa (Sunsari), June 7: Sagar Dahal has been elected Sunsari district committee chair of RSP.
According to the election committee, Dahal garnered 142 votes, defeating nearest competitor, Krishna Rauniyar, who received 74 votes.
Additionally, Rajeshman Shrestha has been elected as vice chair with a total of 197 votes, while his opponent, Devika Bhandari, collected 74 votes.
Rajaram Kumar Mehata has been unanimously elected as secretary and Yogendra Giri as joint secretary. Furthermore, Lakshmi Subedi, Rajkumari Mehata, Dharmabir Kumar Arya, Renuka Harijan and Gokul Thapa are the members.
Basnet elected RSP district chair thru voting in Sindhuli
Kamalamai (Sindhuli), June 7: Abinash Basnet has been elected district chair of the Rastriya Swatantra Party in Sindhuli district.
The first district convention of the party opted for voting to select its leadership after efforts for a consensus-based committee turned unsuccessful.
In the voting held on Saturday, Basnet secured 181 votes against 88 obtained by his nearest competitor Brikh Abrader (Ashok) Bamjan. Likewise, the third contender Karna Bahadur Karki for the post got four votes.
Similarly, Ramchandra Adhikari won the election for vice-chair with 103 votes while his nearest competitor Sagar Khatri secured 92 followed by Dilip Jung Thapa’s 66 votes.
Lal Prasad (LP) Devkota has been elected the district secretary with 186 votes while his competitor Rom Bahadur Devkota received 71. Dinesh Prasad Sapkota (Motu) secured 130 votes win the election for the joint-secretary while his nearest rival Ramesh Khatri received 116.
For the open member position, Diwas Pahadi was elected, while, Kumar Rasaili was elected as a Dalit member.
Towards women members, Surya Kumari Gautam and Sunita Gajurel were elected unopposed.
Bamjan who was defeated in the race for the district chair has been nominated as a District Committee member as per the party statute. Remaining two members on the new committee shall be nominated by the first meeting of the District Committee.
Similarly, Manish Karki has been elected the coordinator for Sindhuli constituency 1 and Kailash Thapa for the constituency 2. There were a total of 274 representatives for the convention.
Aidi unanimously elected RSP Humla President
Simkot, (Humla), June 7: The first district convention of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has unanimously elected nine-member district working committee led by Lakshman Aidi.
Aidi previously served as the vice president of the outgoing committee.
During the meeting, Rinjen Lama was elected as the vice-president, Manoj Bohora as the secretary, Tirtharaj Budha as the joint secretary and Kaman Shahi as the treasurer.
Similarly, Narendra Budha, Suresh Budha, Bache Budha and Asmita Budha were elected as committee members.
