KATHMANDU, July 2: The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has said its attention was drawn to the news report on party members, as mentioned in the organizational document presented at the party's recent general convention.
Issuing a press statement on Wednesday, RSP General Secretary Bipin Acharya refuted the news, saying, "There is no truth in the news that RSP had 35,257 party members below 18 years."
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"RSP has neither a policy nor a practice to make children below 18 years party members or involve them in politics. It does not have the institutional objective for it," he clarified.
He, however, said the data received in the digital membership system were presented as raw statistics. These are not final approvals as party members, Acharya added.
Acharya admitted in the press statement that it was caused due to typographical errors or technical errors.
So far, 390,112 people with citizenship had filed for membership, and they were verified, while 523,435 had applied via the digital system in total.
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