Bipin Acharya elected RSP general secretary, Sobita Gautam becomes party vice-chair

Bipin Acharya secured the general secretary role in the Rastriya Swatantra Party's (RSP) first general convention, held in Bharatpur, Chitwan. Acharya garnered 673 votes, surpassing outgoing spokesperson Manish Jha, who received 346 votes. Ganesh Karki and Sagar Dhakal also competed for the position.

In a notable contest for deputy vice-chair, Sobita Gautam, currently the Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, defeated Toshima Karki. Gautam secured 789 votes, while Karki received 572. Finance Minister Swarnim Wagle was elected unopposed to the other vice-chair position.

The convention also saw Nisha Dangi elected to the reserved women's seat for joint general secretary. Asim Shah and Hari Dhakal won the two open seats for the same position. These elected officials previously served in the party’s central secretariat.

A significant outcome of the election was the milestone in gender representation within the 99-member Central Working Committee. A total of 49 women were elected, bringing female representation in the party's core committee to 49.49%. The party statute mandates specific gender representation from various provinces, with Bagmati Province electing an all-female slate of five members.