Nepali Congress Factions Prepare to Open Separate Offices

Kathmandu. Nepali Congress's former president Sher Bahadur Deuba group and leader Dr. Shekhar Koirala group are preparing to open separate offices. Former publicity department chief of Congress and Deuba group leader Min Bishwakarma informed that the office is being prepared in Chunidevi, behind the American Embassy in Maharajgunj, Kathmandu. 

'We are opening the 15th General Convention preparation contact office in Chunidevi, Maharajgunj. It will open in a day or two,' Bishwakarma told Ratopati. 'All leaders and cadres who appear to be in favor of the regular General Convention will meet and gather there.'

A special general convention was held from Poush 27 to 30 under the leadership of General Secretaries Gagan Thapa and Bishwaprakash Sharma, with the disagreement of the then Central Committee and President Sher Bahadur Deuba. The dispute that started after the general convention elected a new working committee under Thapa's leadership is now at its peak. 

That special general convention was boycotted by the Deuba group, Dr. Shekhar Koirala group, and leader Krishna Prasad Sitaula group that appeared during the 14th General Convention. The groups that boycotted the special general convention have now come together and opened a contact office.

Former central member Kundanraj Kafle also said that all leaders in favor of the regular general convention are going to open a contact office to discuss and hold meetings related to the 15th General Convention. 'The office has been finalized. It will start in a day or two,' Kafle told Ratopati.

The establishment has decided to re-update the active memberships that were renewed for the 15th General Convention. Leaders and cadres of these groups have not updated their memberships, stating that they will not accept that decision of the establishment. It is at a time when the dispute on this issue has reached its peak that they are opening a separate contact office.