Uday Shumsher Rana Claims Nepali Congress Most Inclusive Party

Kathmandu. Nepali Congress Joint General Secretary Uday Shumsher Rana has claimed that the Nepali Congress is the most inclusive compared to other political parties. He said that the party's policy and structure have always given high priority to the Tharu community while addressing the first general convention of the Nepal Tharu Association in Sanepa, Lalitpur on Saturday.

Introducing the Nepal Tharu Association as the youngest sister organization of the Congress, Joint General Secretary Rana mentioned that it is a matter of pride to have successfully completed district conventions across the country in a short period and reached the stage of the central general convention. He informed that the association has taken a strong organizational form despite various adverse circumstances after the nomination of the chairman on Magh 4, 2079 BS, and has now reached the stage of a historic general convention. He clarified that compared to other national parties, the Congress has established Tharu community leaders at the main level of party and government leadership.

Presenting various historical examples to prove his statement, Joint General Secretary Rana said, 'Even before the advent of the multi-party system, the Congress had made Parshunarayan Chaudhary its General Secretary. Vijay Kumar Gachhadar is the Vice-President, Umakant Chaudhary is the Joint General Secretary, and Yogendra Chaudhary is currently in the party's central committee. This inclusivity is not seen in other parties like UML, Maoist, or RSwapa.'

He claimed that the Congress has always trusted Tharu leaders and given them places in the upper echelons of the party. He said that besides the party leadership, the Congress has also provided appropriate opportunities to the Tharu community at the government level.

He mentioned that the Congress had set a shining example of inclusivity by appointing Dilli Chaudhary, from the Tharu community, as the Chief Minister of Lumbini Province in the past. Joint General Secretary Rana has specially emphasized that Tharu leaders themselves must be capable of obtaining more rights and opportunities based on the proportion of the Tharu community's population within the party and their long-standing political activism.