Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) chairman Ravi Lamichhane has said his upcoming visit to India is personal and religious, not political, and that he has no political meetings scheduled during the trip. He urged people not to speculate about the visit or give it a political interpretation, explaining that he is travelling to fulfil a vow and asking that his personal and political matters be kept separate.
Lamichhane asks people not to politicise the trip
Lamichhane’s clarification addresses speculation about the purpose of his planned travel to India. He said the visit should be understood as a personal matter rather than as a political engagement. According to his statement, no political meetings are planned as part of the trip.
The RSP chairman also asked people not to stir up political interpretations around his travel. His appeal was for the visit to be viewed in the terms he described: a personal and religious journey connected to a vow. He did not present it as an occasion for political activity.
The distinction matters to the message Lamichhane wanted to convey. He is a political party chairman, but he said that role should not lead people to treat every personal commitment as a political event. He specifically asked that his personal affairs and political responsibilities be kept separate.
A personal and religious purpose
Lamichhane said he is travelling to fulfil a vow, describing the reason for the India visit as both personal and religious. He did not identify further details about the vow in the information provided, and no additional purpose for the trip was stated.
His remarks also set out what the visit is not, as well as what it is: it is not planned around political meetings, he said. That clarification directly counters the possibility of reading the trip as a political engagement. Lamichhane urged the public not to draw such conclusions or encourage speculation about his intentions.
The account of the visit therefore rests on his own explanation. He has described it as a personal religious journey and asked that it remain separate from political discussion. No political schedule for the trip was announced.
Keeping public and private matters separate
Lamichhane’s request to separate his personal and political matters is central to his response. His statement does not announce a political programme in India; instead, it asks people to respect the personal nature of the travel and avoid attaching political meaning to it.
For now, the stated purpose of the upcoming visit is to fulfil a vow. Lamichhane has said that he will not hold political meetings during the trip and has urged the public to refrain from speculation. His clarification leaves the visit framed as a personal and religious matter, rather than a political one.
