KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress General Secretary Pradeep Paudel has said the party’s 15th General Convention will be held as scheduled from October 2 to 5 in Kathmandu.
Speaking at a felicitation and greetings programme organised by the Nepali Congress Kathmandu Metropolitan City-26 ward committee on Saturday, Paudel said the party’s upcoming Central Working Committee meeting would make a formal decision to hold the convention on the announced dates.
“The Nepali Congress has called a meeting of the Central Working Committee. The meeting will decide to hold the general convention at the scheduled time,” he said.
Paudel said efforts were underway to weaken and confuse the Nepali Congress and urged party leaders and cadres to remain alert against such attempts.
He also said the Nepali Congress had become the party with the largest number of active members registered through digital platforms. He added that the party would introduce a system under which candidates for local-level elections would be selected from among active party members.
Nepali Congress Kathmandu President Sabuj Krishna Baniya said weakening of the Nepali Congress would weaken democracy and urged party leaders and members to move forward in unity to strengthen the organisation.
Nepali Congress Bagmati Province Co-General Secretary Jiwan Dangol, Kathmandu Constituency-6 President Shyam Krishna Khadgi, Bagmati Province lawmaker and former minister Hariprabha Khadgi, Province Constituency-6 (A) President Khyamraj Tiwari, Kathmandu Metropolitan City-26 President Arjun Shinkhada and Vice President Ganesh Rijal also stressed the need for party unity and collective efforts to strengthen the Nepali Congress.
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