KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress (NC) President and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has expressed gratitude to all stakeholders for the peaceful conduct of the by-elections in Ilam and Jhapa on Saturday. In a statement issued today, President Deuba thanked all parties involved for successfully holding the by-elections in the House of Representatives (HoR) constituency-2 in […]
Prime Minister and Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba has said the present government would be continued until the coming national elections if he is elected the party president from its 14th general convention.
BHAIRAHAWA: Amar Singh Pun has registered a victory against his rival Bharak Kumar Shah to be elected as the provincial president of the ruling Nepali Congress (NC) in Lumbini Province.
Pun, considered close to the Ram Chandra Poudel faction in the party, garnered as many as 852 votes against 767 secured by his contender Shah, who was fielded by the establishment faction led by party President Sher Bahadur Deuba.
All the candidates except a vice-chair from the Pun panel emerged victorious during the vote-count result announced on Monday morning.
Bhuwan Prasad Shrestha (Pun panel) and Raju Shah (Shah panel) won the elections for the vice-chairmanship positions.
Bikram Khanal and Surendra Raj Acharya, both from the Pun panel, were elected party’s general secretaries in Lumbini.
BIRATNAGAR: Uddhav Thapa, a candidate considered close to the faction led by Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba and Krishna Prasad Sitaula, won the elections to become the party’s president in Province 1.
Thapa defeated his sole contender Guru Ghimire, the candidate fielded by the rival faction led by senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel, with a margin of only two votes.
While Thapa secured 844 votes, Ghimire managed to win only 842 of 1,752 votes cast during the voting held on Saturday.
KATHMANDU, Aug 27: Nepali Congress (NC) Vice President Bimalendra Nidhi has announced that he would be contesting for the party president post in the upcoming 14th General Convention.
With this announcement, he has established a contact office at Thapagaun of New Baneshwor for meeting the party leaders and cadres.
Inaugurating the office today, the former Deputy Prime Minister said he would be competing for the party’s chief post not to defeat, retire or prove anyone else incompetent in the party.
As he said on the occasion, he wished to further strengthen the party and contribute to the party to garner a majority in upcoming elections of all levels and his candidacy would be for supporting his wishes to come true.
According to him, the inspiration and contribution of founding leader BP Koirala were determining factors behind his present status in the NC.
Stating that the party had a greater role in facilitating to promulgate the Constitution with the federal democratic republic and the inclusive political provisions though the party had no majority in the Constituent Assembly (CA), the leader said the party would own up the responsibility for the effective implementation of the Constitution.
He argued that irregularities have surfaced in each sector in the country for three years as the country was governed by a political party that does not believe in the spirit of the constitution.
Leader Nidhi said his party will present this issue to the public in the upcoming election. He further shared that over 35 percent of active members were youth therefore he will facilitate the youths to come into the party leadership.
On another note, Vice President Nidhi opined that the constitution has ensured religious freedom to all. On the occasion, central committee members, district presidents, and leaders from different regions were present.
KATHMANDU, July 23: A meeting of the existing and former office-bearers of the ruling Nepali Congress (NC) has started some time ago at Party President and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's residence in Budhanilkantha.
NC's central office's chief secretary Krishna Prasad Poudel said that the meeting is expected to discuss the job of the party's active membership probe committee and the 14th national general convention.
The NC has decided to organise its 14th national general convention from July 31 to August 3 in Kathmandu. Likewise, the party has scheduled to conduct the election of its local level from July 27 but it is said that the date for such elections is likely to be rescheduled as there are some issues including the disputes about the party's active membership distribution.
