Kathmandu, Feb. 29 : Former prime minister and president of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (rpp) Surya Bahadur Thapa has said rpp is seriously concerned about the burning issues of widespread corruption, politicization of the administration, the law and order situation, the problems of the people and the Maoists, and mockery of the principles of rule of law.

Rpp president Thapa made this remark while addressing the rpp bagmati zonal workers convention at the party’s office, Naxal today.

Stating that the rpp had been unified in accordance with the wishes of the people and the party workers, Mr Thapa urged the party workers to take the programme adopted by the party to the people with new vigour and enthusiasm.

Former prime minister and rpp leader Lokendra Bahadur Chand said that even though the party had split tdue to various reasons in the past, the party had unified for safeguarding and preserving the nation and nationalism.

Calling on the outside party workers to join the rpp, mr Chand said it is the duty of all the party workers to strengthen the party’s organizational structure and make it more  competent.

Rpp vice-president Dr. Prakash Chandra Lohani said that ideology, organization and personalities are the very basis of our party. We can fulfill our objectives if we move ahead by merging these factors, he added.

Rpp spokesman and convenor of the rpp central regional committee Kamal Thapa said it is the first duty of all the party workers to remove the shortcomings and weaknesses seen in the party and to take the message of party unification to the villages in the form of a campaign.

Member of the rpp central committee and mp buddhiman Tamang said that all the party workers should unite and go to the people for the consolidation of the party.

Member of the rpp central committee and chief of the rpp local unit mobilization committee Rabindranath Sharma said that political abberations and anamolies had risen due to the failure in putting into practi

ce the concepts of the rule of law.

At the convention chaired by president of  rpp kathmandu district working committee Bikram Bahadur Thapa, rpp central members Jog Meher Shrestha and biswobandhu Thapa also expressed their views.