Congress Faces Internal Dispute Over Membership Updates
Summary
Nepali Congress faces internal dispute over mandatory digital membership updates for the 15th General Convention, with major leaders resisting the new process.
Key Points
- Nepali Congress set a deadline for digital update of active party members, with over half complying by the deadline.
- Senior leaders from various factions, including Sher Bahadur Deuba and Shekhar Koirala, have not updated their membership digitally.
- The party establishment decided that non-updated members will be barred from the 15th General Convention participation.
- Opposing factions argue that mandatory repeat update is impractical and politicized, while the update committee views it as a technical necessity.
