Lingden Says His Party Was Not Built on Handouts, Warns Against Mocking Rastriya Prajatantra Party

Kathmandu — Rajendra Lingden, chair of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), said his party was not formed on the basis of foreign blessings or by “eating someone’s scraps.”

Speaking at a door-to-door program at the home of party candidate Kunti Pokharel in Kathmandu’s Constituency No. 2, Lingden made these remarks.

He said the RPP was born out of struggle on Nepali soil. Lingden warned against the misconception that the RPP could be sidelined or blocked. He condemned the government’s repeated obstructions and arrests of businessman and activist Durga Prasain, accusing the authorities of intentionally trying to demoralize him.

Noting that the constitution guarantees freedom of speech, movement, and the right to protest, Lingden emphasized that citizens have the fundamental right to peacefully boycott or oppose elections.

Chairman Lingden said: “I have heard that there were even small attempts to create disruption here. I have been informed about efforts to obstruct Gyanbahadur Shahi and others. People should not underestimate the Rastriya Prajatantra Party, nor should anyone harbor the illusion that the party can be suppressed or blocked. The Rastriya Prajatantra Party is not a political party created by foreigners or one built by eating someone’s leftovers with foreign blessings.

It is a party that was born and built through struggle on Nepali soil, and it is capable of facing all such challenges. Therefore, I want to say that no one should try to provoke or ridicule the Rastriya Prajatantra Party. And to my fellow journalists present here, I want to add one more thing: The way the Government of Nepal has repeatedly obstructed, detained, and caused hardship to Durga Prasain — apparently with intent to neutralize or demoralize him — the Rastriya Prajatantra Party strongly condemns and denounces these actions.”