Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chairman Ravi Lamichhane said on Thursday that there is no dispute or disagreement between his party and the government, insisting that communication and coordination between the two sides are continuing as usual. Speaking to journalists in Chitwan, the constituency he represents, Lamichhane moved to settle any speculation about friction between the RSP and the Council of Ministers, while making it clear that closeness between a party and a government must not dilute accountability or the law. His comments were carried by RatoPati and Pradeskhabar.

'No Differences or Conflict': Lamichhane's Core Message

The substance of the chairman's message was straightforward. As reported from Chitwan, Lamichhane told journalists that there is neither a difference of opinion nor a conflict between the RSP and the government. In other words, the relationship between the party and the Council of Ministers is, in his telling, functioning without tension, and any impressions to the contrary do not reflect the actual state of affairs.

Four Key Points From the Media Interaction

Lamichhane's key messages to the media can be summed up in four points:

  • There is no dispute or disagreement between the party and the government.
  • Communication and coordination between the RSP and the Council of Ministers are continuing.
  • The government's work should be subject to checks and balances.
  • The rule of law must be fully upheld.

According to the reports, he emphasised that the continuing communication and coordination between the party and the government are a sign of normal, working relations rather than a source of friction.

For any political party that works closely with a government, the health of that relationship matters on several levels. Coordination helps ensure that the positions a party takes publicly and the decisions a government takes in office do not pull in opposite directions. It also matters for the party's own organisational life: cadres and supporters look to their leadership for a clear reading of how the partnership is functioning, and unanswered questions about internal discord can breed uncertainty at the grassroots. By stating flatly that no such dispute exists, Lamichhane sought to remove that uncertainty at the source.

Checks and Balances and the Rule of Law

If the first half of Lamichhane's message was about harmony, the second was about restraint. The RSP chairman stressed that the government's work should be checked and balanced. The point is a familiar one in parliamentary practice: support for a government and scrutiny of a government are not contradictory duties but complementary ones. Parties that coordinate with a government still retain an interest, and a responsibility, in questioning its decisions, examining its performance and pressing for corrections where needed. Lamichhane's formulation places the RSP in the dual role of partner and watchdog rather than uncritical endorser.

The chairman paired this with an equally firm statement on legality: the rule of law must be fully upheld. In governance terms, that principle carries broad implications. It means laws must be applied consistently and without favour, that decisions of the Council of Ministers must remain within legal bounds, and that institutions must be allowed to function on the basis of rules rather than discretion. It is also the foundation of public trust; citizens judge a government not only by what it delivers but by whether it delivers lawfully. By putting the rule of law alongside coordination in the same breath, Lamichhane framed the party-government relationship as one bounded by legality and oversight, not convenience.

Together, the two themes sketch a particular model of the party's stance toward the government: cooperative in communication, but insistent on accountability. Read that way, "no dispute" does not mean "no questions." It means, in Lamichhane's telling, that differences have not hardened into conflict, and that the mechanisms of scrutiny and legality remain fully in force.

The Message From Chitwan

The setting of the remarks gave them added weight. Chitwan is the constituency Lamichhane represents, and comments made there to journalists inevitably reach both a local and a national audience. Speaking to the media on Thursday, he addressed listeners in two capacities at once: as party chairman, and as a directly elected representative talking to reporters in his own political base, a combination that lent his reassurance about party-government relations a personal dimension.

The overall message to cadres, colleagues and observers was one of stability: the party and the government talk to each other, coordinate with each other, and have no quarrel to resolve. At the same time, the chairman's insistence on checks and the rule of law signalled that the RSP does not regard coordination with the government as a licence for the government to operate without oversight.

For now, the public position of the RSP chairman is unambiguous. There is no difference or conflict between the party and the government, communication between them continues, and the task ahead, as he framed it, is to keep that coordination going while holding it to the standards of scrutiny and the law.