Kathmandu. The closed session of the 15th General Convention of the Nepali Congress has begun. The last meeting of the Central Working Committee of the Nepali Congress formed from the second special general convention held in December last year passed the agenda to be presented in the closed session.
The closed session has started by dividing it into three clusters. The closed session has started by dividing it into three clusters, namely Hills, Himalayas and Madhes Terai.
In the beginning, the closed session of the hills is going on. The closed session has been fixed for the Mountain Hall, the Pahada Hall and the Tarai-Madhes Hall. The representatives of the provinces and various groups have been divided into the respective halls.
A total of 2,
331 delegates, including 1,117 representatives of Koshi Province, 299 of Karnali Province and 715 of Gandaki Province, are participating in the Mountain Hall. Similarly, 1,217 representatives of Bagmati Province and 1,09 representatives of Lumbini Province are participating in the Hill Hall.
A total of 1,256 representatives from Madhes Province, 650 from Sudurpaschim Province, 245 representatives from Public Relations Committee and 225 representatives of sister organizations are participating in the Tarai-Madhes Hall. The closed session will discuss the political report presented by party President Gagan Kumar Thapa, the proposal related to the party’s operation and statute presented by the General Secretary, contemporary proposals presented by the Vice-President, among others, according to the NC. Earlier
, Spokesperson Devraj Chalise said that this was the last meeting of the central committee formed from the special general convention while making public the decisions of the meeting held before the commencement of the closed session of the 15th General Convention.
The meeting also decided on the political proposal presented by party President Gagan Kumar Thapa, contemporary issues presented by Vice-President Bishwa Prakash Sharma and the proposal related to the party’s operation and statute presented by General Secretary Pradeep Poudel. Chalise said that the political proposal presented by President Thapa has included the political line of the NC for the next four years, the overall situation of the government, the overall situation of the country and international relations and perspective. Stating that strengthening the democratic institutions is the main challenge in the coming days, he said that nationality, democracy and socialism are the main principles of the party.
The Congress has put forward a policy to give priority to leadership development and capacity building for the selection of candidates in the upcoming elections. Chalise said that the concept of making candidates who have completed training and studies from the leadership academy has been put forward.
The NC hopes that this will help in building capable leadership and promoting good governance. The meeting has also forwarded a preliminary draft with suggestions on the proposal for statute amendment. According to Chalise, the proposal presented by the general secretary has included how to run the party, how to take forward the decision-making process and how to manage the responsibilities and structures at different levels of the party.
In the preliminary draft of the new statute, it has also been proposed to create more posts at the ward, region and district levels. However, Congress spokesperson Chalise clarified that this is not the final decision. According to him, the structure made public now is only a preliminary blueprint.
The proposal will be finalized only after it is presented and passed by the delegates in the closed session of the 15th General Convention.
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