Kathmandu. As the excitement of the upcoming 15th general convention of the Nepali Congress is increasing across the country, Dr. Bhadra Parajuli, who has established an ideological and intellectual identity within the party. Bhadra Parajuli Bhandari is being talked about in the news. <\/p>\n
Adopting the political vision of Gagan Thapa, who has put forward the agenda of transformation, generational transformation and ‘New Congress’ within the party, Dr. Bhandari is preparing to file her candidacy for the post of central member in the upcoming general convention. She is seen as a strong ideological figure in the campaign to break away from the traditional political style and make the Congress timely, modern and accountable to the people. <\/p>\n
Activity of the Special Convention-<\/strong><\/p>\n In the special general convention of the Nepali Congress, Dr. Bhandari’s activism and ideological presentation were considered very influential. Using his long experience of working in the Department of Policy Research and Training, the role he played in spreading the new ideas of the party among the cadres is commendable. <\/p>\n Dr. Bhandari, who believes that the ideals of Gagan Thapa and the resolve of ‘New Congress’ are “like leadership, same policy”. Bhandari has long stuck to the ideological line of President Gagan Thapa. She says, “The 15th general convention is not just a ritual for the Congress to choose the leadership, it is a historic opportunity to decide the future of the party and the direction of transformation.” The presence of an energetic and ideological face in the central committee is now mandatory to give shape to the blueprint of the new Congress drawn by President Gagan Thapa. ‘<\/p>\n Intellectual and Academic Candidates – <\/strong><\/p>\n At a time when there is a dearth of leaders in politics who can not only gather crowds but also form ideas, Dr. Bhandari’s candidacy has been seen by many as meaningful. Having worked in the Bagmati Province Executive Committee, she is also a prolific analyst and writer who writes about contemporary politics, party challenges and women leadership. <\/p>\n Qualitative Claims of Women’s Leadership – <\/strong><\/p>\n At a time when there are growing complaints that women’s participation in Nepali politics is limited to ‘quota’, Dr. Bhandari’s candidature has come as a ‘qualitative and ideological intervention’. With her announcement that she will contest for the Central Committee, there has been enthusiasm, especially among the youth and pro-transformation representatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kathmandu. As the excitement of the upcoming 15th general convention of the Nepali Congress is increasing across the country, Dr. Bhadra Parajuli, who has established an ideological and intellectual identity within the party. Bhadra Parajuli Bhandari is being talked about in the news. Adopting the political vision of Gagan Thapa, who has put forward theContinue reading “NC’s 15th General Convention: Bhadra Parajuli claims Bhandari as central member”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[108,123,147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-110657","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-breaking-second-en","category-artha-khabar-policital-update-en","category-samachar-en"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/bhadra-parajuli.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110657"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110658,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110657\/revisions\/110658"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/media\/110735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110657"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110657"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arthakhabar.com\/ak_api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}