Nepali Congress Leader Bhupendra Shahi Warns of Rebellion Over Membership Renewal

Kathmandu. Nepali Congress leader Bhupendra Shahi has objected to the leadership's decision to re-update the party's active membership and has warned of rebellion. Issuing a statement, Shahi questioned the leadership's intentions, stating that it is not justified to pressure those whose membership has already been renewed to update it again.  

'The party is not anyone's personal property or ancestral property. The party does not run on anyone's threats, whims, or arbitrary rule. We are not anyone's slaves or corpses.' Shahi has also asked the leadership 5 questions about what the changed Congress is trying to do.  

Shahi has asked if the membership of leaders like Dr. Shekhar Koirala, Purna Bahadur Khadka, etc., is being sought to be canceled if not re-updated by May 21? Shahi has another question: is the party trying to capture it unilaterally, like a special general convention, by keeping everyone out in the name of updating?  

Shahi has also asked if a conspiracy is being hatched to divide the party by canceling the membership of those who have already renewed it under various pretexts, and if the old members are being made to remain as independent citizens without membership after May 21.  

If the membership is canceled, will the party return the renewal fee paid earlier or digest it itself, Shahi said it is wrong to trouble the already renewed members in the name of re-updating.  

After Congress issued a circular mandating all active members across the country to update their membership through digital means by May 21, debates have started within the party for and against it.