On Chaitra 9, 2052 BS, while discussions were being held in the House of Representatives with the UML's proposal to give the RPP the post of Prime Minister to topple Sher Bahadur Deuba's government, King Birendra paid a visit to RPP parliamentary party leader Lokendra Bahadur Chand, which attracted a lot of attention.

The RPP was divided into those in favor of and against the no-confidence motion. The incident of Raja meeting Chand when the RPP was in crisis and the UML was trying to make Chand the Prime Minister drew criticism in political circles.

Chand made a formal statement saying that he had met Raja and received suggestions to discuss and resolve the dispute within the RPP. This caused a stir not only in other parties but also within the RPP. RPP General Secretary Rabindranath Sharma had responded that Chand was trying to send a message to party workers that he was working according to the king's sentiments. Sharma had accused Chand of having the audacity to involve the constitutional king in politics. Chand had said that Raja had been informed about the RPP's perspective, the decisions he had taken in the party, and the political situation in the country. Chand had made the matter public through a written statement.

General Secretary Sharma had expressed dissatisfaction with Chand, saying that it was not the tradition to make statements after meeting the king. He had accused Chand of trying to send a message that the king also had the blessing when he became the prime minister with the support of the UML.

Five ministers from the RPP who had joined the Deuba government had resigned with the intention of supporting the no-confidence motion, and the Surya Bahadur Thapa faction of the party was dissatisfied with this. General Secretary Sharma had said that it was wrong for the ministers sent by the party to resign without asking. There was also a question about whether the ministers' resignations would be withdrawn. In response, Minister Kamal Thapa had said, "What happens in politics, can you say that?"

Chand had met Congress President Krishna Prasad Bhattarai and expressed his views. Speaking at the special session after submitting a no-confidence motion, the main opposition leader Manmohan Adhikari accused the Deuba government of endangering nationalism, failing to return the Arun project, damaging the economy, encouraging anti-China activities, failing to collect revenue as per the target, canceling the good works started by the UML, and decreasing foreign grants. Adhikari made similar allegations against Deuba when Deuba removed Manmohan.

The meeting had to be adjourned for half an hour due to the parliament's microphone malfunctioning while Adhikari was speaking. Speaking at the meeting, UML MP KP Sharma Oli accused the Deuba government of increasing terrorist activities, targeting the movement started by the Maoists. Ruling party MPs Surendra Chaudhary, Kamala Devi Pant, Ram Bahadur Gurung and others defended the joint government.

Congress MP Deep Kumar Upadhyay, on the other hand, made statements targeting the RPP. He had said, ‘We have become helpless in front of the power we fought and launched a mass movement against, saying that everyone should admit that they have made mistakes somewhere or the other. We have forgotten the public interest by engaging in endless disputes.’ Upadhyaya had also argued that it was wrong to allow former leaders to rule because of multi-party parties.

The game of toppling the government in which he participated due to the lust for power has brought the RPP to the brink of division, the King’s visit to RPP parliamentary party leader Lokendra Bahadur, the resignation of 5 RPP ministers, and the UML’s submission of a no-confidence motion against the Deuba government in the House of Representatives. The news prepared by journalists Hari Bahadur Thapa, Gunaraj Luintel, and Nardev was published by Kantipur Daily on Chaitra 10, 2052 under the title ‘Rapid Reaction Within RPP from Chand’s Statement’. On the same day, additional news headlines were published in Kantipur under the headlines 'Parliament meeting disrupted due to resignation of five ministers' and 'Opposition leader presents no-confidence motion'.