Kathmandu, March 19 -- In a sign of deepening feud in the royalist camp, a Central Executive Committee meeting of the Rastriya Prajatantra Party on Tuesday decided to take its campaign for the restoration of monarchy forward under party chair Rajendra Lingden.

On Monday, pro-Hindu state activists had formed a joint movement committee headed by 87-year-old Panchayat-era leader Nabaraj Subedi.

The RPP meeting held in Dhumbarahi, Kathmandu, also decided to convene a meeting of the Movement Mobilisation Main Committee on March 25 to announce additional protests.

While some RPP leaders remain in the Subedi-led group, the party decided to hold future events under Linden's leadership.

There was a division in the party over who leads the move...