Nepali Congress to Hold Election Today for Parliamentary Party Leader

April 24, Kathmandu – The Nepali Congress is organizing an election today to select its parliamentary party leader. Since a consensus could not be reached, the party has moved forward with the electoral process to choose its leader. According to the pre-established plan, candidate registration will take place between 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. today. After completing processes such as objection submissions, reviews, publication of a second candidate list, and candidate withdrawals, the final list of candidates will be announced at 3:30 p.m. The election committee coordinator, Prakash Rasailee Snehi, has informed that voting will be held from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Nepali Congress parliamentary party office in Singh Durbar.

Former deputy general secretaries Arjun Narasingh K.C., Bhishma Raj Angdembe, and Mohan Acharya have submitted their candidacies for the parliamentary party leader position. In the House of Representatives election held on February 21, the Congress won a total of 38 seats – 18 through direct elections and 20 through proportional representation. Despite the election concluding nearly two months ago, the Nepali Congress has yet to select its parliamentary party leader, with aspirations of Gagan Thapa and Bishwaprakash Sharma remaining unfulfilled. According to a senior party leader, delays in choosing the leader have arisen due to differing preferences between party Chairperson Gagan Thapa and Vice Chairperson Bishwaprakash Sharma. Chairperson Thapa is supporting direct-elected MP Mohan Acharya, while Vice Chairperson Sharma favors proportional representation MP Bhishma Raj Angdembe for the leadership role. Acharya was directly elected from the Rasuwa constituency, and Angdembe is a proportional representation MP from the Panchthar district. Angdembe was also elected as deputy general secretary at the 14th general convention.