Nepali Congress 13th convention 2016.नेपाली कांग्रेसको १३औ महाधिवेशन
Nepali Congress 13th convention 2016.
Nepali Congress 13th
Convention.
नेपाली कांग्रेसको १३औ महाधिवेशन
PM Oli wishes well on NC’s general convention
Nepali Congress 13th general convention has started with the inaugural session being held at Khullamanch in
Kathmandu.
Sher Bahadur Deuba faction of Nepali Congress has announced candidates for key posts to be elected in the general convention.
NC will take leadership in implementing constitution: Poudel
Sher Bahadur Deuba (
Nepali: शेरबहादुर देउवा born June 13, 1946) is a Nepalese politician who was
Prime Minister of Nepal from
1995 to
1997, from
2001 to
2002, and from 2004 to
2005. He is the second senior most leader of the Nepali Congress. He has twice been elected as the leader of parliamentary party of the Nepali Congress, thus enabling him to be elected twice as the Prime Minister of Nepal.
He was elected as
Prime Minister for the second time when he succeeded
Girija Prasad Koirala, who resigned in July 2001. A coup d'etat by
King Gyanendra removed Deuba in
October 2002.
After two other governments, much political protest for his restoration especially in capital Kathmandu, Gyanendra restored Deuba to the position of Prime Minister in 2004.
He was removed on
February 1, 2005 by King Gyanendra, who dissolved the government for three years and seized direct power.
He was sentenced to two years in prison in
July 2005 under corruption charges, but was subsequently released on
February 13,
2006, after the anti-corruption body that sentenced him was outlawed. An official from Deuba's Nepali Congress
Democratic Party,
Dip Kumar Upadhaya, told the
Associated Press that the former premier's release was "a victory for democracy and a humiliating defeat for the royal regime".
The Nepali Congress (Nepali: नेपाली कांग्रेस) (abbreviated NC, and commonly known as the
Congress) is a Nepalese political party. Nepali Congress led the
1950 Democratic Movement which successfully ended the
Rana dynasty and allowed commoners to take part in the politics. It again led democratic movements in
1990 and 2006, in partnership with leftist forces, to end absolute monarchy and reinstate parliamentary democracy. With the 12-point agreement of
November 21, 2006 it worked together with the
CPN-UML and the CPN-Maoist to end King Gyanendra's takeover of the government. The ensuing 2006 movement successfully reinstated the parliament and led to the formation of the
Federal Republic of Nepal. Nepali Congress promulgated the
Federal Republic Constitution of Nepal-2072 by its leading role in Constitution
Assembly as a first majority party
.
In the most recent elections, the NC emerged as the largest party in the
Constituent Assembly winning 196 out of
575 seats.
The Nepali Congress is a reform-oriented centrist party. The current
Nepali Congress Party was formed after the merger of Nepali
National Congress (established on
January 25,
1947) and
Nepal Democratic Congress (established on August 4, 1948)
. In the first democratic election of Nepal, Nepali Congress Party secured an overwhelming majority to form the government.
Following the royal coup by
King Mahendra in 1960, many leaders of party, including Prime Minister
B.P. Koirala and
General Secretary Hora Prasad Joshi, were imprisoned. Thus, many other party leaders sought sanctuary in exile in
India to set up operations against the new system.
Although political parties were prohibited from 1960 to
1989 and continued to be outlawed during the panchayat system under the aegis of the Associations and
Organizations (
Control) Act of
1963, the Nepali Congress Party persisted.
The party placed great emphasis on eliminating the feudal economy and building a basis for socioeconomic development. It proposed nationalizing basic industries and instituting progressive taxes on land, urban housing, salaries, profits and foreign investments. While in exile, the Nepali Congress Party served as the nucleus around which other opposition groups clustered and even instigated popular uprisings in the
Hill and Terai regions. During this time, the Nepali Congress refused the overtures of a radical faction of the
Communist Party of Nepal for a tactical alliance.