KATHMANDU, Jan 6: Dissatisfied factions of the main opposition party Nepali Congress (NC) led by Ram Chandra Paudel and Krishna Prasad Sitaula have held a gathering in Sanepa today questioning party President’s Sher Bahadur Deuba’s leadership.

About 40 district presidents close to Paudel and Sitaula are participating in the gathering.

Paudel and Sitaula have blasted the party president’s recent decision to fix the date of the General Convention as “unilateral”.

A Central Working Committee meeting of the party, despite a boycott from Paudel faction, had decided to hold its 14th General Convention from February 19-22 next year while extending the term of the current committee for a year. 

The gathering will pressure Deuba to correct the mistakes and follow the party statute.

KATHMANDU: Former Deputy Prime Minister and Senior Leader of the main opposition Nepali Congress Party (NC) has dissented all the decisions taken by the central committee today.

Speaking to the President of the Reporters Club and senior journalist Rishi Dhamala, the former DPM said that the decisions taken by the central committee will take the party into further division and peril.

The central committee which included the faction close to the President of the NC and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was present on the occasion and decided to hold the general convention between February 19th to 22nd in 2021. This was what leader Poudel was against, as he had suggested the convention to be held by November 2020.

“The decision taken today will put the party at grave risk. Instead of being united it will lead to further division” he said.

NC President Deuba with backing from his faction had unilaterally declared the date for the general convention which vexed Poudel.

The decision to increase the departments from 28 to 41 is also said to be against the constitution of the NC informed Poudel.  “We will not accept such unilateral decisions he warned, and he would not participate in the implementation of the department”.

Poudel also spoke about the mistake of not resolving the issue of the Nepal Students Union.

He is going to carry his dissent and dissatisfaction organizing a press conference at the residence of the general secretary of the NC Dr. Shashank Koirala as indicated.

Nepali Congress senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel said NC has not been able to understand and embrace principle and philosophy of BP Koirala. “Birth anniversary of BP Koirala is observed across the country every year. But the main question is whether NC leaders and cadres have understood the principle of BP.

We must understand and follow his principle and philosophy,” he said addressing an event organized today here by NC Tanahur on the occasion of NC’s national awakening campaign. He accused the communist of ruling in favor of proletariats while referring to BP who was in favour of the whole people.

He also stressed the need for creating employment opportunities at the village level. On the occasion, he also unveiled a board reading a series of speeches of BP Koirala during his address in Byas municipality-3 on September 22, 1979. (RSS)