Gagan Thapa-led Nepali Congress Committee Set to Assume Office After Electoral Victory

Kathmandu. The committee led by Gagan Thapa, who was unanimously elected as the President during the Nepali Congress special general convention held from Poush 27 to 30, is scheduled to arrive at the party office in Sanepa today.

Manojmani Acharya, a leader from President Thapa's faction, informed that President Thapa, along with the office bearers and central committee members, will arrive at the party office in Sanepa at 1 PM today to assume office.

During the special general convention, Thapa was elected President, Bishwaprakash Sharma and Pushpa Bhusal as Vice Presidents, Gururaj Ghimire and Pradip Paudel as General Secretaries, and Dr. Deula Sangraula Pant, Formullah Mansoor, Yogendra Chaudhary, Uday Shamsher Rana, Karna Bahadur Buda, Bahadur Singh Lama, and Mukta Yadav as Joint General Secretaries. The special general convention unanimously elected a 135-member central working committee.

The special general convention, led by Thapa and Sharma who were elected as General Secretaries in the 14th general convention held in 2078 BS, was rejected by the faction led by Sher Bahadur Deuba and the faction led by Dr. Shekhar Koirala.

Both factions had approached the Election Commission and the Supreme Court, rejecting the special general convention. The Election Commission has already recognized the committee led by Thapa.

Following the Supreme Court's decision not to issue an interim order on the writ petitions filed by the Deuba and Dr. Koirala factions, the committee selected through the special general convention is now heading to the central office to assume office.