NC’s 22 invited central members resign en masse

KATHMANDU: As many as 22 invited central members of the Nepali Congress (NC) have resigned en masse at the Central Working Committee (CWC) meeting held at NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba’s residence in Budhanilkantha Friday.

Central member Kalyan Gurung confirmed that 22 invited central members had resigned en masse.

Central member Kiran Poudel added they resigned citing the disparity between NC office-bearers, central members and invited central members for participation in the general convention. NC office-bearers and central members can participate in the general convention automatically whereas the provision for invited central members is not the same.

The invited central members, who resigned, demanded removal of the provision by which presidents of all levels ought to be elected from the booth to be candidates in the general convention. They sought same rights as that of regional representatives to be incorporated in NC statute.

As per NC statute, invited central members have not been given the right to vote. Similarly, they have to be elected from the booth.

The invited central members who resigned are as following:

1. Nandan Kumar Dutt (Sunsari)
2. Kumar Khadka (Kaski)
3. Balakrishna Pandey (Public Relations India)
4. Ananda (Gorakh) Vishta (Public Relations America)
5. Narendra Kumar Chaudhary (Sunsari)
6. Hassan Ansari (Morang)
7. Kiranraj Sharma Poudel (Baglung)
8. Rama Koirala Poudel (Sunsari)
9. Krishna Kishore Ghimire (Dang)
10. Gopal Kumar Basnet (Zhapa)
11. Sudhir Kumar Shivakoti (Jhapa)
12. Manohar Narayan Shrestha (Dhankuta)
13. Dhruv Wagle (Tanahun)
14. Mohan Singh Rathore (Kailali)
15. Shambhu Lal Shrestha (Sarlahi)
16. Abhishek Pratap Shah (Kapilvastu)
17. Dayaram Pandey (Lamjung)
18. Janakraj Kaluni (Dadeldhura)
19. Bhumi Bahadur (Bishwo) Gurung (Syangja)
20. Dilip Rai
21. Asharam Chaudhary
22. Rajendra Bahadur Singh