Rastriya Prajatantra Party, which was split because of personal ambitions rather than differences in political ideology, is trying to be united again. RPP Thapa is interested in party unification but RPP Chanda has not shown much interest. Many informal talks had been held before for party unification. But no concrete result has been arrived at. RPP (Chanda) General Secretary Padma Sundar Lawati has been admitted in Apollo Hospital in New Delhi. So, the decision taking has been delayed, says a RPP Chanda source.

Some of the leaders within RPP feel that Nepali Congress and Nepal Communist Party UML have taken benefit from RPP division and if the party is not united again, both the parties will be in a “nowhere” situation in the coming election. Sources close to RPP Thapa say leaders including Chairman Surya Bahadur Thapa, and vice-chairman Dr. Prakash Chandra Lohani are in favour of party unification. On the other hand, RPP Chand Chairman Lokendra Gahadur Chanda is also in favour of party unification. He says that the unification will be beneficial to the leaders of both parties. However, some are opposing the unification fearing that they might miss their post in the party after unification.

(Khabarkagaj, Thursday, Dec. 9)