CHITWAN: The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has concluded its first general convention in Chitwan, electing a leadership body consisting of 7 core office bearers and 99 Central Committee members.

However, the event—which dragged on for six days despite being originally scheduled for three—ended on a highly contentious note.

While a new organizational structure was successfully established, a staggering voter turnout of just 30% during the office-bearer elections exposed deep-seated internal discontent, leaving many convention delegates returning home more frustrated than accomplished.

The low turnout serves as a clear indicator of dissatisfaction regarding the party’s management and internal processes.

Moving forward, Chairman Rabi Lamichhane faces the uphill task of unifying the disgruntled factions as he prepares to nominate an additional 12 office bearers—including a senior leader, a second vice-chairman, a general secretary, a spokesperson, three joint spokespersons, a treasurer, and two joint treasurers—to fully round out the party’s central apparatus.

Elected office bearers

Chairman: Rabi Lamichhane (Unanimous)

Vice-Chairman: Swarnim Wagle (Unanimous)

Vice-Chairman (Women): Sobita Gautam

General Secretary: Bipin Kumar Acharya

Joint General Secretaries: Hari Dhakal, Asim Shah, and Nisha Dangi (Women)

Complete list of the 99 newly elected central committee members

National open category (32 members)

1. Dr. Swarnim Wagle
2. Sobita Gautam
3. Shisir Khanal
4. Sagar Dhakal
5. Toshima Karki
6. Ranju Darshana
7. Manish Jha
8. Hari Dhakal
9. Kabindra Burlakoti
10. Bipin Kumar Acharya
11. Ramesh Prasai
12. Biraj Bhakta Shrestha
13. Nisha Dangi
14. Indira Rana Magar
15. Ganesh Parajuli
16. Pukar Bam
17. Jagadish Kharel (Lalitpur)
18. Sulav Kharel
19. Yagyamani Neupane
20. Pramod Neupane
21. Asmit Pokharel
22. Reema Bishwokarma
23. Rajunath Pandey
24. Rajib Khatri
25. Samikshya Baskota
26. Ganesh Karki
27. Khagendra Sunar
28. Asim Shah
29. Himesh Panta
30. Jagadish Kharel (Dolakha)
31. Gita Chaudhary
32. Lima Adhikari Acharya

Khas/Arya cluster (10 members)

1. Sushant Baidik (Male)
2. Sudeep Dhakal (Male)
3. Hemraj Bhatta (Male)
4. Pradeep Bista (Male)
5. Dillishwor Karki ‘Rohan’ (Male)
6. Prakriti Dhakal (Female)
7. Tika Sangroula ‘Jwala’ (Female)
8. Krantishikha Dhital (Female)
9. Jamuna Sharma (Female)
10. Sushila Karki Pokhrel (Female)

Indigenous nationalities / Adivasi Janajati cluster (9 members)

1. Milan Limbu (Male)
2. Shankar Shrestha (Male)
3. Mingma Dandu Sherpa (Male)
4. Mahesh Lama (Male)
5. Krishnaman Shrestha (Male)
6. Ashika Tamang (Female)
7. Anushka Shrestha (Female)
8. Nisha Shrestha (Female)
9. Kusum Maharjan (Female)

Madheshi cluster (5 members)

1. Bablu Gupta (Male)
2. Arvind Sah (Male)
3. Deepak Kumar Sah (Male)
4. Julie Yadav (Female)
5. Kamini Kumari Chaudhary (Female)

Dalit cluster (4 members)

1. Bijay Jairu (Male)
2. Shiva Nepali (Male)
3. Sabina B.K. (Female)
4. Khima B.K. (Female)

Tharu cluster (2 members)

1. Karishma Kathariya (Female)
2. Ashok Kumar Chaudhary (Male)

Muslim cluster (2 members)

1. Samina Miya (Female)
2. Rahbar Ansari (Male)

Provincial clusters (35 members — 5 from each province)

Koshi Province

1. Nisha Mehta
2. Bishwaraj Pokharel
3. Shobha Karki
4. Kalpana Thapa
5. Sujata Tamang

Madhesh Province

1. Sushma Basnet
2. Sunita Kumari Chaudhary
3. Namita Yadav
4. Manju Singh
5. Ankit Kumar Yadav

Bagmati Province

1. Prabha Dhakal
2. Bidushi Rana
3. Akankshya Pokharel
4. Anita Shrestha
5. Parvati Thapa

Gandaki Province

1. Pabitra Thapa
2. Manish Khanal
3. Sagar Bhusal
4. Som Sharma
5. Bishnu Kumari Gurung (Ekta)

Lumbini Province

1. Kalpana Pandey
2. Sangita Dhakal
3. Gyanu Poudyal
4. Devraj Pathak
5. Sharmila Khanal

Karnali Province

1. Sita Badi
2. Binita Kathayat
3. Tashi Lhazom
4. Menuka Shahi
5. Prakash Neupane

Sudurpashchim Province

1. Hemraj Thapa
2. K.P. Khanal
3. Deepak Raj Bohara
4. Januka Joshi
5. Chandra Air ‘Chandani’