Kathmandu, January 24
The main opposition party Nepali Congress is beginning its Central Working Committee meeting in Kathmandu on Thursday.
It will be the first CWC meeting of the party after the crucial mahasamiti meeting held last month.
The meeting will discuss contemporary national political issues and internal problems of the party.
“In particular, the meeting will focus on the disputes surfaced in Nepal Students Union, the House obstruction we have been continuing for past few days and documenting the revised party statute endorsed by the mahasamiti,” informs CWC member Pradeep Paudel.
Demanding that the federal government operate two hospitals named after deceased Congress leaders Girija Prasad Koirala and Sushil Koirala, the main opposition party is obstructing meetings of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly.
In the meantime, the party leadership has decided to extend the term of the student wing, but it has triggered a dispute inside the organisation. A section of the NSU has demanded that the current committee be dissolved and the general convention be held at the earliest to elect the new one.
Top leaders of the party are also divided over the issue.
The meeting will begin at the party’s central office in Sanepa of Lalitpur at 11 am today.
