"Rajendra Lingden"

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9 December 2025

Rajendra Lingden is the chairman of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP). During the pro-monarchy rally in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 9, 2025, supporters affiliated with the party march through the capital demanding the reinstatement of the monarchy and the declaration of Nepal as a Hindu state. The demonstration draws large crowds calling for political and constitutional change.

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9 December 2025

Rajendra Lingden is the chairman of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP). During the pro-monarchy rally in Kathmandu, Nepal, on December 9, 2025, supporters affiliated with the party march through the capital demanding the reinstatement of the monarchy and the declaration of Nepal as a Hindu state. The demonstration draws large crowds calling for political and constitutional change.

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20 April 2025

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) President Rajendra Lingden is detained near the entrance of Singhadurbar, the administrative capital of Nepal, to defy the prohibitory order during a pro-monarch protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 20, 2025. The RPP wages a legal and political struggle for the unconditional release of party leaders Rabindra Mishra and Dhawal Shumsher Rana. Mishra and Rana are arrested following deadly violence on March 28 for inciting the mob. The violence claims the lives of two people and injures over one hundred as the capital witnesses arson and vandalism. The party, which demands the reinstatement of a constitutional monarchy and the establishment of Nepal as a Hindu state, stages a protest assembly at Balkhu as designated by the government on April 8.

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20 April 2025

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) President Rajendra Lingden (center) walks out of the Singhadurbar, the administrative capital of Nepal, to defy the prohibitory order during a pro-monarch protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 20, 2025. The RPP wages a legal and political struggle for the unconditional release of party leaders Rabindra Mishra and Dhawal Shumsher Rana. Mishra and Rana are arrested following deadly violence on March 28 for inciting the mob. The violence claims the lives of two people and injures over one hundred as the capital witnesses arson and vandalism. The party, which demands the reinstatement of a constitutional monarchy and the establishment of Nepal as a Hindu state, stages a protest assembly at Balkhu as designated by the government on April 8.

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20 April 2025

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) President Rajendra Lingden (center) walks out of the Singhadurbar, the administrative capital of Nepal, to defy the prohibitory order during a pro-monarch protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 20, 2025. The RPP wages a legal and political struggle for the unconditional release of party leaders Rabindra Mishra and Dhawal Shumsher Rana. Mishra and Rana are arrested following deadly violence on March 28 for inciting the mob. The violence claims the lives of two people and injures over one hundred as the capital witnesses arson and vandalism. The party, which demands the reinstatement of a constitutional monarchy and the establishment of Nepal as a Hindu state, stages a protest assembly at Balkhu as designated by the government on April 8.

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20 April 2025

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) President Rajendra Lingden (wearing Dhaka Topi) walks out of the Singhadurbar, the administrative capital of Nepal, to defy the prohibitory order during a pro-monarch protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 20, 2025. The RPP wages a legal and political struggle for the unconditional release of party leaders Rabindra Mishra and Dhawal Shumsher Rana. Mishra and Rana are arrested following deadly violence on March 28 for inciting the mob. The violence claims the lives of two people and injures over one hundred as the capital witnesses arsons and vandalism. The party, which demands the reinstatement of a constitutional monarchy and the establishment of Nepal as a Hindu state, stages a protest assembly at Balkhu as designated by the government on April 8.

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20 April 2025

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) President Rajendra Lingden (in a pink shirt) and Chief Whip Gyanendra Shahi (right, in a red cap) are detained by police as they stage a protest inside Singhadurbar, the administrative capital of Nepal, to defy the prohibitory order during a pro-monarch protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 20, 2025. The RPP wages a legal and political struggle for the unconditional release of party leaders Rabindra Mishra and Dhawal Shumsher Rana. Mishra and Rana are arrested following deadly violence on March 28 for inciting the mob. The violence claims the lives of two people and injures over one hundred as the capital witnesses arson and vandalism. The party, which demands the reinstatement of a constitutional monarchy and the establishment of Nepal as a Hindu state, stages a protest assembly at Balkhu as designated by the government on April 8.

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20 April 2025

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) President Rajendra Lingden (in a pink shirt) and Chief Whip Gyanendra Shahi (right, in a red cap) are detained by police as they stage a protest inside Singhadurbar, the administrative capital of Nepal, to defy the prohibitory order during a pro-monarch protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 20, 2025. The RPP wages a legal and political struggle for the unconditional release of party leaders Rabindra Mishra and Dhawal Shumsher Rana. Mishra and Rana are arrested following deadly violence on March 28 for inciting the mob. The violence claims the lives of two people and injures over one hundred as the capital witnesses arson and vandalism. The party, which demands the reinstatement of a constitutional monarchy and the establishment of Nepal as a Hindu state, stages a protest assembly at Balkhu as designated by the government on April 8.

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20 April 2025

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) President Rajendra Lingden (center) walks out of the Singhadurbar, the administrative capital of Nepal, to defy the prohibitory order during a pro-monarch protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 20, 2025. The RPP wages a legal and political struggle for the unconditional release of party leaders Rabindra Mishra and Dhawal Shumsher Rana. Mishra and Rana are arrested following deadly violence on March 28 for inciting the mob. The violence claims the lives of two people and injures over one hundred as the capital witnesses arson and vandalism. The party, which demands the reinstatement of a constitutional monarchy and the establishment of Nepal as a Hindu state, stages a protest assembly at Balkhu as designated by the government on April 8.

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20 April 2025

Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) President Rajendra Lingden is detained near the entrance of Singhadurbar, the administrative capital of Nepal, to defy the prohibitory order during a pro-monarch protest in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 20, 2025. The RPP wages a legal and political struggle for the unconditional release of party leaders Rabindra Mishra and Dhawal Shumsher Rana. Mishra and Rana are arrested following deadly violence on March 28 for inciting the mob. The violence claims the lives of two people and injures over one hundred as the capital witnesses arson and vandalism. The party, which demands the reinstatement of a constitutional monarchy and the establishment of Nepal as a Hindu state, stages a protest assembly at Balkhu as designated by the government on April 8.

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9 April 2025

Rajendra Prasad Lingden, President of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party, addresses a mass gathering in the streets of Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 8, 2025, demanding the reinstatement of the monarchy.

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9 April 2025

Rajendra Prasad Lingden, President of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party, addresses a mass gathering in the streets of Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 8, 2025, demanding the reinstatement of the monarchy.

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9 April 2025

Rajendra Prasad Lingden, President of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party, addresses a mass gathering in the streets of Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 8, 2025, demanding the reinstatement of the monarchy.

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8 April 2025

Rajendra Prasad Lingden, President of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), a right-wing royalist party in Nepal, addresses a mass gathering in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 8, 2025. Formed in the 1990s after the lift of the ban on the formation of political parties by the then-monarchical system, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) serves as a force always supporting the kingship. It also takes part in periodic elections and presents its demands. In 2008, right after the overthrow of monarchy rule in Nepal, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) secures 8 seats in the then Constituent Assembly out of the 575-seat strong parliament. In the 2013 election, it secures 13 seats, while in 2017, it falls to 1 seat. It bounces back in the election of 2022 with 14 seats. Since its inception, the party supports the Hindu State and the kingship as interdependent in the tiny nation buffered between the two giants, India and China. The Himalayan nation of Nepal has a population of 30.55 million, with a Hindu population of 81.19% as per the census of 2022.

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8 April 2025

Rajendra Prasad Lingden, President of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), a right-wing royalist party in Nepal, addresses a mass gathering in Kathmandu, Nepal, on April 8, 2025. Formed in the 1990s after the lift of the ban on the formation of political parties by the then-monarchical system, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) serves as a force always supporting the kingship. It also takes part in periodic elections and presents its demands. In 2008, right after the overthrow of monarchy rule in Nepal, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) secures 8 seats in the then Constituent Assembly out of the 575-seat strong parliament. In the 2013 election, it secures 13 seats, while in 2017, it falls to 1 seat. It bounces back in the election of 2022 with 14 seats. Since its inception, the party supports the Hindu State and the kingship as interdependent in the tiny nation buffered between the two giants, India and China. The Himalayan nation of Nepal has a population of 30.55 million, with a Hindu population of 81.19% as per the census of 2022.

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9 March 2025

Rajendra Lingden, Chairman of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP), a right-wing pro-monarch party, arrives outside Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, on March 9, 2025, to welcome former King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah. Former King Gyanendra Shah returns to Kathmandu on Sunday afternoon after spending nearly a month in Pokhara. Hundreds of royalist supporters gather at Tribhuvan International Airport to welcome him. As he leaves the airport, Shah stands up in his vehicle, greets the crowd with a namaste, and waves to his supporters.

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