Gagan Thapa Calls for Unity Within Nepali Congress, Demands Judicial Probe

Biratnagar. Nepali Congress President Gagan Thapa has called for managing the internal differences and dissatisfaction seen within the party and urged all leaders to move forward unitedly. Thapa said this while talking to journalists at Koirala residence in Biratnagar on Saturday.

President Thapa stated that it is his primary duty to take the internal disagreements within the party in a natural way and resolve them. He clarified that he is ready to create an environment to bring back into the mainstream some senior and influential leaders of the party who are currently outside the central committee.

'It is my responsibility as the president to address the disagreements seen within the Nepali Congress party. I have to fulfill this responsibility and I am fulfilling it. The party's statute also says so and our tradition also teaches us that,' he said, 'Currently, some friends and leaders of the party are outside the central committee. I am specially requesting all of them to come inside the central committee and work. We are creating an environment for the friends who come. If someone says 'I don't even like your face', that's a different matter, otherwise, there is ample space to work together within the party and I am open to that.'

Thapa expressed the view that all party committees, such as the membership management committee, disciplinary committee, and election committee, should be formed with the consultation and satisfaction of everyone. He also stated that creating obstacles from any level is not in the interest of the party.

'The matter of updating the party's membership is about strengthening the party. Members will also have the right when selecting candidates tomorrow. I believe that no one should create obstacles in this,' he said.

General Secretary Gagan Thapa, remembering the historical dignity of the Koirala residence, said that he felt proud to be able to come here for the first time after becoming the president. He stated that Congress will not shy away from its duty to move the party forward in a statutory manner and to make the government responsible.

Thapa emphasized the need to form a judicial commission to investigate the 'incident of Bhadra 24' and to make public the report of the National Human Rights Commission. 'The government is forcefully bringing ordinances. It seems like the judiciary and legislature are being brought under the purview of the executive, this is not acceptable,' he said, 'The report of the Human Rights Commission is being deliberately hidden. We feel that great pressure is being created on the commission. What is in the report must be made public immediately.'