Kathmandu, July 16 -- Even with over two years to go before the 2027 general elections, the Rastriya Swatantra Party has started reaching out to the country's vast migrant population scattered around the world.

The foreign tour of former Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) executive director Kulman Ghising, driven by a purported political goal, and the recent outreach of RSP leaders are viewed as their efforts to woo the Nepali diaspora for electoral gains. Nepalis living overseas still lack voting rights but are thought to influence their relatives back home to vote for their favourite party.

Analysts say such visits, often framed as diaspora engagement, are thinly veiled attempts to influence domestic voters through emotional ties and f...