Rastriya Prajantantra Party (Samyukta) ( ne, राष्ट्रिय प्रजातन्त्र पार्टी (संयुक्त)), literally the National Democratic Party (United) and abbreviated RPP (U), was a political party in Nepal. It was formed on 6 August 2017 by

Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana Pashupati Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana ( ne, पशुपति शम्शेर जङ्ग बहादुर राणा) is a politician from the Rana dynasty. He served in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of W ...

after splitting from the

Rastriya Prajatantra Party The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (; ne, राष्ट्रिय प्रजातन्त्र पार्टी, lit=National Democratic Party; , ( ne, राप्रपा)) is a monarchist, constitutional monarchist and Hindu national ...

as the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic). On 31 January 2019, it merged with the Unified Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Nationalist), another splinter group of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party, to form Samyukta.

History

Formation

The Rastriya Prajatantra Party (Democratic) was formed by Pashupati SJB Rana after disagreements with Rastriya Prajatantra Party chairman Kamal Thapa about joining the government. The party was formed with 18 members to the

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from

. The party was absent for the vote on the constitution amendment bill on 22 August 2017. The party joined the

Sher Bahadur Deuba Sher Bahadur Deuba ( ne, शेरबहादुर देउवा, ; born 13 June 1946) is a Nepali politician and former prime minister of Nepal. He has also been serving as the president of the Nepali Congress since 2016. Deuba has served ...

led

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on 10 September 2017. Deepak Bohara, Bikram Panday and Sunil Bahadur Thapa were inducted as ministers in the cabinet. Deepak Bohara was also elected parliamentary party leader. Two more ministers were inducted in the cabinet on 17 September 2017.

Merger and dissolution

In response the electoral alliance by the

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and the

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, the party joined an electoral alliance with

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and the

. In the 2017 legislative and provincial elections, the party did not win any seat to the

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. The party did win a single seat to the Provincial Assembly of Province No. 3 however through

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. The party merged into

on March 12, 2020.

Electoral performance

Presence in various provinces

Leadership

Chairmen

* Pashupati SJB Rana, 2017–2020 *

Prakash Chandra Lohani Dr. Prakash Chandra Lohani ( ne, डा .प्रकाशचन्द्र लोहनी) (born 21 April 1944) is a Nepalese politician, economist and member of the ARPPR. He has served as a Minister of Finance, Minister of Foreign Affa ...

, 2019–2020

References

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