Rastriya Swatantra Party's Bagmati Province Vice Chairman Resigns Citing Internal Decay and Lack of Ethics

Kathmandu. Dinesh Humagain, the Vice Chairman of the Bagmati Province of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), has resigned from his post as provincial vice chairman and his ordinary membership in the party.

 He was a candidate for Kavre-2 in the House of Representatives election of 079 BS. In his resignation letter submitted on Thursday, he stated that he took this decision due to the proliferation of structural distortions within the party, the decline in internal democracy, financial opacity, and moral deviation at the leadership level. 

Humagain also accused the candidate selection process of being conducted contrary to the party's bylaws, criteria, and internal democracy. He claimed that individuals who came from other parties were prioritized while dedicated party workers of many years were sidelined. 

He alleged that individuals identified as working in mobile shops, singers, or social activists, and those with flashy personas, were made candidates in the House of Representatives elections based on vested interests. Humagain pointed out in his resignation letter that while the RSP's initial committee expanded to the central committee, there was no clear transparency regarding its criteria, process, or justification, and that the party structure was moving towards person-centric decisions rather than methods and principles. 

He further stated that although membership fees and candidate application fees were collected extensively, their transparent accounting was not made public, and there was a lack of clarity regarding the funds supposedly to be distributed at the provincial and local levels.