Congress Faction Finds Establishment's 7-Point Proposal Insufficient

Kathmandu. The faction led by former Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba has stated that the 7-point framework sent by the establishment for consensus within the party has arrived but is insufficient.

Former spokesperson of the Congress and leader of the dissenting group, Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat, stated this morning at his residence in Bansbari during a press conference that the establishment's seven-point consensus framework has arrived. However, he said it is not sufficient for consensus.

He stated that a mechanism should be formed by combining the working committee elected from the 14th General Convention and the working committee that came from the special General Convention to ensure the 15th General Convention is held in a clean, impartial, and fraud-free manner. He added that suspicion has arisen because the establishment side is not ready to form that mechanism.

He stated that the Active Membership Management Committee, Election Committee, and Statute Amendment Committee should be formed with the agreement of both sides. Expressing that party leaders and workers are disappointed by the results of the House of Representatives elections and the current internal party dispute, he said that the establishment should take initiatives for unity to overcome this. Dr. Mahat stated that he has not felt such an initiative from the establishment so far.

Dr. Mahat also stated that the 7 points contain discussions of power-sharing, but they are in favor of an impartial General Convention, not power-sharing.