Speaking at a face-to-face programme organised here in the Capital on Friday, Rana said 82 out of 104 central members of the party had elected him to the post of chairperson after then party chief Surya Bahadur Thapa resigned from the post.

RPP senior leader Lokendra bahadur Chand noted that the self-proclamation of chairpersonship in the party was a non-political act.

Leader Rana made it clear that the party's general convention had already refused the proposal of nominating leadership on rotational basis as claimed by Chand.

Rana added he was ready to take all dissenting leaders on board to end the dispute seen in the party.