Rastriya Prajatantra Party Leader Kamal Thapa Offers Support to Potential Balen Shah Government on Condition of Restoring Hindu State

Kathmandu. Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) leader Kamal Thapa has proposed that his party will support the government led by the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) and Balen Shah if they agree to amend the constitution to reinstate Nepal as a Hindu state. He extended this offer stating that the new government is short of two seats to achieve a two-thirds majority in the parliament.

He wrote on social media, 'The RSP and the new government led by Balen Shah are short of two seats for a two-thirds majority in the parliament. If the Balen government is ready to amend the constitution to make Nepal a Hindu state with religious freedom and equality, the RPP's five lawmakers will provide full support.'

Former RPP chairman Thapa, who contested from Kathmandu Constituency No. 5 in the recently concluded House of Representatives election, suffered a humiliating defeat. He failed to even secure his deposit.

In that constituency, Sasmit Pokharel of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) won with 30,737 votes. Pradeep Poudel of the Nepali Congress secured the second position with 9,159 votes, while heavyweight leader Ishwar Pokharel of CPN-UML was relegated to third place with 4,701 votes.

Kamal Thapa, who contested under the RPP's election symbol, received only 1,922 votes. As he failed to secure even 10 percent of the total valid votes, his election deposit was forfeited as per the law.