Gagan Thapa Prevents Father-in-Law Arjun Narsingh KC from Gaining Leadership Twice

Kathmandu. Nepali Congress President Gagan Thapa has prevented his father-in-law Arjun Narsingh KC from reaching a position for the second time. Thapa, who prevented KC from becoming a general secretary in the party's 13th general convention, has now prevented him from becoming the parliamentary party leader.

In the 13th general convention, KC was a candidate for general secretary from the Sher Bahadur Deuba panel. At that time, Thapa was also a candidate for general secretary. In the competition between father-in-law and son-in-law, both were defeated and Dr. Shashank Koirala was elected. At that time, Dr. Shashank Koirala won by securing 1,417 votes.

KC received 1,017 votes and Thapa received 584 votes. However, if the votes of Thapa and KC were combined, it would have been more than Dr. Shashank's.

Now, KC wanted to become the parliamentary party leader in the House of Representatives. However, fearing that he would be blamed for making his father-in-law the parliamentary party leader, party president Thapa unanimously made Bhishma Raj Angdembe, who was not in his camp during the special general convention, the party leader.

Talking to Ratopati on Sunday, KC stated that it cannot be said that his political career advanced because he is Gagan Thapa's father-in-law. 'By relation, I am the father-in-law. But I did not enter politics because of Gagan Thapa. By the time he entered politics, I had already struggled a lot in politics.'

It was reported that the consensus was not reached due to KC, as two months had passed since the completion of the House of Representatives elections, and Congress had not been able to elect a parliamentary party leader.

After that, KC clarified that although he had a claim based on experience and seniority if the party leader was chosen by consensus, he would not compete.