KATHMANDU: The Nepali Congress, the main opposition party of Nepal, has decided to hold its 14th general convention in Kathmandu from September 1 to 4.
The meeting of the Central Working Committee of the Nepali Congress held on Friday unanimously passed various resolutions including the revised schedule of the General Convention presented by General Secretary Purna Bahadur Khadka.
According to the revised schedule, the village / municipal ward convention will be held on July 27, the village / municipality convention on July 31 and the state assembly regional convention on August 4.
Similarly, the final list of new and renewed memberships has to be prepared and submitted to the Central Chairman by July 4 and the list of active members has to be signed by the Central Chairman and submitted to the Central Election Committee by July 14.
To make political consensus effective
The meeting has also decided to further strengthen and make effective the political consensus among all the political parties, leaders of political parties and members of the House of Representatives who support the formation of a government led by Congress President and Member of the House of Representatives Sher Bahadur Deuba.
In addition, commitment has been expressed to move forward with the same views among the political parties for the defense of the constitution and democracy.
A statement issued after the meeting said that Deuba had demanded the formation of a government as per the Article 76 (5) of the Constitution.
“This meeting is clear that the refusal of the President and the Prime Minister to appoint Member of the House of Representatives Mr Deuba as the Prime Minister is against Article 76 (5) of the Constitution. We have gone to the Supreme Court for constitutional redressal against the unconstitutional and undemocratic decisions of the President and the Prime Minister,” the statement said.
According to the provisions of the constitution, the support of 136 members of the House of Representatives is enough to appoint the prime minister and the majority of the 149 members of the House of Representatives have signed the demand to appoint Deuba as the prime minister.
