Nepali Congress Leader Alleges Irregularities in Proportional Representation Candidate Selection

Kathmandu. Nepali Congress's outgoing acting president Purna Bahadur Khadka has stated that the leadership emerging from the special general convention has made mistakes in recommending candidates for the House of Representatives under the proportional representation system.

A central committee member briefed that during the meeting of the central committee elected from the 14th General Convention, held in Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, involving the Sher Bahadur Deuba and Dr. Shekhar Koirala factions, Khadka briefed them that a name ranked first in the marginalized area category was removed and replaced by someone ranked seventh.

‘The leadership from the special general convention removed the name of Bidya Timilsina, who was number one in the marginalized area for proportional representation, and instead, Kalibahadur Sahakari, who was number 7 in the Khas Arya quota and not even on the cluster list, was made a lawmaker,’ a participant in the meeting quoted Khadka's briefing as saying. ‘Timilsina has gone to the Supreme Court against this. That writ has been registered.’

Khadka also mentioned that Man Bahadur Nepali from the Dalit quota has also approached the Supreme Court alleging bias, the member stated.