Rajendra Prasad Lingden is a Nepali politician and former Deputy Prime Minister of Nepal.

He was also nominated for the position of chairman of the District Development Committee of Jhapa during the direct rule of King Gyanendra.

[5][6] In the 2017 and 2022 elections, Lingden defeated former Home Minister Krishna Prasad Sitaula.

Sitaula was considered Girija Prasad Koirala's right-hand person in bringing Maoists, UML, and other parties together, and his defeat was seen as a rebuke of the Nepali Congress's handling of the aftermath of the peace process.

[2] On 25 February 2023, Lingden resigned from his posts, and the RPP quit the coalition government being in for less than 40 days.