RSP Finalizes 57 PR Candidates: Reema Bishwokarma and Anushka Shrestha In, Prakash Saput Out

KATHMANDU — The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has submitted its list of 57 proportional representation (PR) candidates. Notable names previously speculated to be on the list, such as artist Prakash Saput and journalist Pramod Neupane, were excluded.

RSP spokesperson Manish Jha informed that the party’s Central Secretariat meeting on Sunday recommended 48 women and 9 men. The final list submitted to the Election Commission includes 17 candidates from the Khas-Arya category, 16 Indigenous/Janajati, 8 Dalit, 3 Muslim, 9 Madhesi, and 4 Tharu.

The list features several high-profile figures, including artist Reema Bishwokarma, businesswoman Vidushi Rana, former Miss Nepal Anushka Shrestha, and former CNN journalist Sumnima Udas.

List of 57 Proportional Representation Candidates from RSP:

Khas-Arya (17)

1. Pratibha Rawal

2. Rachana Khatiwada

3. Lima Adhikari

4. Vidushi Rana

5. Samikshya Baskota

6. Shraddha Kunwar

7. Tika Sangroula

8. Krantishikha Dhital

9. Akriti Awasthi

10. Sristi Bhattarai

11. Manju Bhusal

12. Prabha Karki

13. Shobha Khanal

14. Ratna Kumari Thapa

15. Gyanu Paudel

16. Prabha Dhakal

17. Ramesh Prasai

Indigenous/Janajati (16)

18. Basumaya Tamang

19. Ganga Chhantyal

20. Sumnima Udas

21. Anushka Shrestha

22. Ojaswi Sherchan

23. Sirjana Shrestha

24. Rajani Shrestha

25. Kusum Maharjan

26. Bhumika Shrestha

27. Pramila Kuluju

28. Sujata Tamang

29. Kripa Maharjan

30. Eliza Gurung

31. Ram Lama

32. Khushbu Sarkar Shrestha

33. Mingma Gyabu Sherpa

Madhesi (9)

34. Punam Kumari Agrawal

35. Nisha Mehta

36. Lalita Kumari

37. Ankita Thakur

38. Sarita Mahato

39. Sunita Kumari Chaudhary

40. Kamini Kumari

41. Purushottam Suprabhat Yadav

42. Khagendra Karna

Dalit (8)

43. Reema Bishwokarma

44. Amrita BK

45. Sita Badi

46. Smriti Century

47. Sushma Swarnakar

48. Tara Bishwokarma

49. Khima BK

50. Prakashchandra Pariyar

Tharu (4)

51. Geeta Chaudhary

52. Karisma Kathariya

53. Surendra Chaudhary

54. Premlal Chaudhary

Muslim (3)

55. Samina Miya

56. Afsana Banu

57. Galaza Shamim Mikrani