Nepali Congress General Secretary Bishwa Prakash Sharma has said that the party will not split simply because there is a demand for a special general convention. Speaking to journalists at the party’s central office in Sanepa on Friday, Sharma said that implementing the party statute would not lead to a split.
“The Nepali Congress will not break; it will remain united. If anyone has doubts, they need not worry,” Sharma said.
He stated that under the current circumstances, the Nepali Congress needs to move forward through policy and leadership reform, and recalled that a date for the regular general convention had already been fixed for that purpose. However, he said the process became limited to dates only, which is why the two general secretaries decided to postpone it. “When asked about alternatives, we said the option is a special general convention,” he explained.
Sharma said he would present two proposals at the Central Executive Committee meeting. The first proposal, he said, would be for the Central Committee itself to convene the convention, hold an inaugural session on the 26th, and pass resolutions on how the Nepali Congress views the current situation—its economic, social, and political perspectives, how to address the issue of good governance raised by Gen Z, and how the party envisions leading the country over the next decade. He added that nominations could be completed the same day, with new leadership selected on the second day.
“This way, there will be discussions on policy as well as leadership change,” Sharma said.
However, he noted that even if leadership change is not possible at the moment, the party can still move forward through another modality. “Even if leadership change cannot happen, it does not mean the party will split,” he said. “In such a situation, the Nepali Congress should move forward united before the nation with a national commitment conference or a special general convention.”
Sharma emphasized that such decisions should be taken institutionally, through meetings of the party’s
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