RSP
to contest by-elections without forming an alliance
(rep 25/03/2023)
RSP
holding discussions on whether or not to join govt
(rep 22/03/2023)
No
plans to join govt immediately: RSP chair Lamichhane
(kh 13/03/2023)
upreme
Court says Rabi Lamichhane passport issue will be
resolved as per law : The Rastriya Swatantra Party chief
can face a criminal charge if he is found to have
simultaneously possessed passports of Nepal and the US,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 08/03/2023)
RSP
forms province committees in all seven provinces (kh
01/03/2023)
Parliamentarian
Sumana Shrestha rejects allowance offered by a
government agency and an INGO. Her move is widely
appreciated on social media : On February 27, Sumana
Shrestha, Member of Parliament from Rastriya Swatantra
Party posted a status on social media regarding the
allowance offered by a government agency and an INGO
(nlt 28/02/2023)
RSP
decides to continue support to incumbent govt (kh
27/02/2023)
RSP
to join govt soon provided it gets Home Ministry :
Chairman Lamichhane to contest again from Chitwan-2
(kh 13/02/2023) [Please
remember that laws also apply to Rabi Lamichhane!]
Government
starts probe into Lamichhane’s Nepali passport : If
found guilty, the RSP chief could face a jail term of
three years and Rs30,000 fine, by Tika R Pradhan (kp
10/02/2023)
RSP’s
Rash Decision To Quit Govt, by Tirtha Bhattarai (rn
09/02/2023) [The real mistake
was that this party, which wanted to be an alternative
force, joined a government of the repeatedly failed old
forces in the first place!]
Some
RSP leaders troubled by Lamichhane’s Sunday outburst :
They are exploring ways of damage control, although the
matter is yet to be officially discussed at any party
forum, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 07/02/2023), Shooting
the messenger : Lamichhane must be well aware that
Nepali mainstream media is considered among the freest
(kp 07/02/2023), KMG
chief Sirohiya breaks his silence : Offers
point-by-point rebuttals of the charges against him and
his family (kp 08/02/2023)
RSP
to withdraw from, but continue to support Govt (rn
05/02/2023) [Parties that
started out as an alternative should not support a
government of the old failed politicians, let alone
become member of such a government!], RSP
Chairman Lamichhane vents anger at media; says he became
a victim of media attacks (kh 05/02/2023) [??],
RSP
ministers tender resignation (kh), Urmila
Aryal files candidacy for NA vice chair (rn
05/02/2023), Lamichhane
throws a tantrum on losing stable Home : Rastriya
Swatantra Party chief lashes out at the media and
threatens to encircle their offices for supposedly
blocking his way back to the government. Blames everyone
but himself for his loss of deputy prime minister and
home minister position, by Tika R Pradhan and
Purushottam Poudel (kp 06/02/2023) [Why
do young political forces always quickly destroy the
hopes placed in them for a renewal of Nepali politics?],
RSP
denied home ministry, quits govt : All three ministers
of the Lamichhane-led party submit resignation to Prime
Minister Dahal, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 06/02/2023)
RSP
undecided about PM’s new proposal; to boycott Sunday’s
Parliament meeting (kh 05/02/2023)
Rabi
Lamichhane and dual citizenship in Nepal : No
constitutional provision for dual citizenship, but state
offers limited citizenship rights for non-resident
Nepalis, by Binod Ghimire (kp 05/02/2023)
Dispute
over giving home ministry to Swatantra Party : CPN-UML
and Rastriya Prajatantra Party are for allowing Rabi
Lamichhane’s party to head the ministry while leaders of
prime minister’s party seem strongly against it, by
Nishan Khatiwada (kp 30/01/2023), UML
Chairman exerts pressure on PM Dahal to reinstate
Lamichhane as home minister (kh 30/01/2023) [Lamichhane
may have regained Nepali citizenship in a sudden night
and day action, but not parliamentary membership! But KP
Oli has never been much for legitimate procedures and
will not understand this!], Rule
v Rabi : Questioning the apex court verdict for the
benefit of one politician sets a dangerous precedent
(kp 31/01/2023), Lamichhane’s
Fall From Grace, by Narayan Upadhyay (rn
31/01/2023), SC
Ruling And Lamichhane's Ministerial Claims, by
Tirtha Bhattarai (rn 02/02/2023), Lamichhane's
position as MP revoked: HoR speaker (ht 02/02/2023),
Rabi
Lamichhane is Home-less : Prime Minister Dahal’s
refusal to hand back the Home Ministry to the
RSP may be the tipping point for his fragile
coalition, by Shristi Karki (nt 03/02/2023),
Rabi
Lamichhane's appointment as minister unconstitutional
for at least three months : Article 291 of the
Constitution of Nepal does not allow appointment to any
state positions for three months, by Tapendra Karki
(rep 04/02/2023) [!!]
What
next for RSP? At no time should a party be synonymous
with a single leader who is seemingly irreplaceable
(kp 30/01/2023) [All Nepali
parties are under the authoritarian control of a very
few politicians who consider themselves indispensable
and do not tolerate any expression of dissent! The RSP
wanted to be different.]
Rabi
Lamchhane acquires Nepali citizenship again (kh
29/01/2023) [This
sounds extremely fast! Millions of young people
have been waiting in vain for this for years!], With
citizenship, Lamichhane regains party
presidency : Lamichhane, whose status as
Deputy Prime Minister, Home Minister and
party president was scrapped on Friday by
the apex court, reacquired Nepali
citizenship and returned to the party top
post on Sunday (kp 30/01/2023)
Rabi
Lamchhane acquires Nepali citizenship again (kh
29/01/2023) [This sounds
extremely fast! Millions of young people have been
waiting in vain for this for years!], Dual
passport could cost Lamichhane his political
career : Act relating to House of
Representatives formation makes one guilty of
passport misuse unfit to contest elections,
by Binod Ghimire (kp 29/01/2023)
RSP
postpones scheduled programs, urges all to show
moderation (kh 27/01/2023) [The
SC verdict is also likely to question Lamichhane's
office as party president!], RSP
picks Dol Prasad Aryal as its Acting President (kh
28/01/2023)
Rabi
Lamichhane found guilty in citizenship case : Loses
posts of DPM, Home Minister and parliamentarian (kh
27/01/2023), Rabi
Lamichhane not eligible to remain lawmaker (nlt
23/01/2023), Supreme
Court annuls Rabi Lamichhane’s status as
lawmaker : The Constitutional Bench concluded
that the citizenship presented by Lamichhane to
contest the election was invalid (kp
27/01/2023), Home
Minister Lamichhane submits resignation to PM
Dahal (kh), As
a non-citizen, I have nothing left to say: Rabi
Lamichhane : I accept Supreme Court’s decision,
says Lamichhane (kh) [This
distinguishes him significantly from KP Oli, who
to this day does not accept the SC decisions of
2021!], The
rise and fall of Rabi Lamichhane : Nepal’s Home Minister
resigns after the Supreme Court rules he is not a Nepali
citizen (nt 27/01/2023)
RSP
to expand its organization within four months (kh
23/01/2023)
Rastriya
Swatantra Party goes against its own policy as it picks
plum Cabinet posts : In its bargain for positions, the
new party led by Rabi Lamichhane seems to have forgotten
its own commitment to cutting costs of legislature and
administration. Experts see the party no different in
its quest for power, by Nishan Khatiwada (kp
19/01/2023)
Apex
Court refuses to issue interim order in Home Minister
Rabi Lamichhane’s case : The Supreme Court has said that
the full hearing for the case has been scheduled for
January 25 (nlt 06/01/2023)
RSP
is not anti-federalist, interview with Santosh
Pariyar, MP (ae 03/01/2023)
A
parlous path ahead for Rabi Lamichhane : Within six
months of quitting TV job, the Rastriya Swatantra Party
chief has emerged as one of most powerful leaders,
by Nishan Khatiwada (kp 27/12/2022), Rabi
Lamichhane: Combative journalist turned home minister
(rep 27/12/2022)
RSP
to join govt under Chairman Rabi Lamichhane’s leadership
(kh 26/12/2022), We
joined govt after formation of a commission to probe
corruption was ensured: Lamichhane (rep 26/12/2022)
[Yes, please trust that the
corrupt will control the corruption!], RSP
Chair Lamichhane to be sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister
(kh 26/12/2022)
SC
refuses to issue stay order against Rabi
Lamichhane’s oath taking (kh 21/12/2022)
The
burden of trust: RSP’s challenges : Members of
the Rastriya Swatantra Party are young,
educated, and driven, which is good but not
enough, by Naresh Koirala (kp 21/12/2022)
SC
receives writ demanding revocation of Rabi Lamichhane’s
HoR membership (kh 14/12/2022), Petition
claims Lamichhane is not a Nepali citizen : The
journalist-turned-politician is accused of not ceding
his Nepali citizenship even after taking US citizenship
(kp 15/12/2022)
Rastriya
Swatantra Party intensifies talks in a bid to join govt
(kh 14/12/2022) [You were
elected as an alternative to the old failed politicians
and parties, not to help them stay in power!]
Rabi
Lamichhane’s RSP willing to join govt, discussions
underway on agendas (kh 11/12/2022) [You
can't steer the political system in the right direction
by supporting the repeatedly failed politicians in their
power ambitions, whatever conditions you set. For this
the people have not elected you! Only a change of
personnel to a younger generation at the top of the
major parties could justify participation!]
RSP
submits HoR members under PR category to EC (kh
11/12/2022)
RSP
in hot waters; leaders question party’s
intention while naming PR members (kh
08/12/2022)
RSP’s
things-to-do list is a bridge too far,
economists say : The party has said it wants to
bring revolutionary change in Nepal’s economy,
but it is confused about how that is going to
happen, by Pawan Pandey (kp 05/12/2022) [As an important opposition
force, they will have time to work out
solutions. After all, they are still a very
young party!]
Dr.
Toshima Karki resigns from NMC (kh
05/12/2022)
Conflict
in Lamichhane’s RSP; 47 district members demand
Makawanpur Chair’s resignation (kh 04/12/2022), Swatantra
Party district chief accused of helping Nepali Congress
candidate : Dispute appears to upset members of the public
elated by new party’s electoral success, by Purushottam
Poudel (kp 05/12/2022)
New
parliament to have seven national parties,
including two new ones : Emergence of Rabi
Lamichhane-led Rastriya Swatantra Party and CK
Raut-led Janamat Party as two new national
parties (rep 03/12/2022)
Two
new forces enter federal parliament as national parties
: Rabi Lamichhane’s Rastriya Swatantra Party and CK
Raut’s Janamat Party make the cut after the election
results pour in, by Binod Ghimire (kp 30/11/2022)
Expat
push key to Swatantra Party’s electoral success
: Migrant workers and students studying abroad
had urged their family members back in Nepal to
cast their votes in favour of RSP this election,
by Purushottam Poudel (kp 25/11/2022), RSP,
new kid on the block, chimes with voters : Wins five
parliamentary seats in valley, placed 3rd in PR vote
count, by Ram Kumar Kamat (ht 25/11/2022)
The
scrutiny of incoming Swatantra Party lawmakers has
already begun : While some find party’s lack of clear
ideology troubling, others reckon its ranks of field
experts will serve well, by Purushottam Poudel (kp
24/11/2022)
Times
they’re changing : The rise of the Rastriya Swatantra
Party reflects the passion for change among Nepali
voters (kp 24/11/2022)
Congress
takes lead in preliminary vote counting : Rastriya
Swatantra Party makes an encouraging entry into national
politics (kp 22/11/2022)
Rise
of Rastriya Swatantra Party due to frustration with
major parties Which parties will suffer due to rise of
Swatantra Party? How will ruling coalition and UML fare?,
by Ameet Dhakal (Setopati 20/11/2022)
Former
journo Ravi Lamichhane announces ‘Rashtriya Swotantra
Party’ (kh 21/06/2022), EC
receives two petitions urging it not to register Ravi
Lamichhane’s party (kh 22/06/2022)
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