by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 14, 2023It had been a long time since Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Thapa and senior leader of the party Shekhar Koirala shared a podium. Thapa won the election of the party’s general secretary from the Koirala camp, but Koirala himself lost the contest for party presidency to Sher Bahadur Deuba at the 14th general convention in December 2021. According to party insiders, initially, it was thought…
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by Tika R Pradhan in The Kathmandu Post, Jan 23, 2023After failing to get the support of the ruling CPN (Maoist Centre) on the elections of Speaker and deputy Speaker, the Shekhar Koirala-Gagan Thapa faction of the Nepali Congress has said the decision of the largest party to give a confidence vote to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal was a mistake. As the Congress is preparing for the meeting of its Central Working Committee scheduled…