KATHMANDU, Nov 22: Nepali Congress (NC) General Secretary Gagan Thapa has stated that the Special General Convention has become unavoidable in the party.
A large faction of the NC, mostly supporting the General Secretary duo Gagan Thapa and Biswoprakash Sharma, have been lobbying to conduct a special General Convention, following shift in political landscape after the September 8 and 9 Gen Z protest.
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Speaking to journalists at the party office immediately after the Central Committee meeting on Saturday, Thapa said the party is left with no alternative. He explained that he had presented a detailed schedule for the regular General Convention during the meeting, but senior leaders expressed their inability to proceed — leaving the Special General Convention as the only viable option.
“We have decided to go to elections,” Thapa said. “And the best way to prepare for the elections is to hold the Special General Convention on the most suitable date. The Nepali Congress must convene it on that day.”
Earlier, during his remarks at the committee meeting, Thapa had proposed holding the Special General Convention on December 13 if leaders were not prepared for the regular convention.
Thapa added that the Central Committee does not have the authority to call or reject a Special Convention, noting that the party statute provides a separate provision for it. “The party must either decide to hold the regular General Convention by mid-December or move ahead with the Special General Convention. “We have only these two paths, nothing else,” he said.
