INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Kathmandu, December 27
The establishment faction of the Nepali Congress today decided to extend the tenure of the current leadership by one
The tenure of Sher Bahadur Deuba leadership was to end on March 3.
The rival faction led by senior NC leader Ramchandra Paudel, which had
boycotted today central working committee meeting, refused to accept the party decision
Paudel told THT that Deuba had put the party into crisis by unfairly extending his tenure
&We&ll not accept this decision
We are going to organise a press conference tomorrow to tell the public what we think about today decision.&
He said he was surprised by the
party decision as party leadership had assured him that everything would be on the basis of consensus.
NC issued a press release stating
that the decision to extend the tenure of the current leadership was taken as preparation for the next national convention would take time
The party also termed the situation extra-ordinary to justify the extension of the tenure of current leadership
The party added that preparation for the next national convention should be done as per the new structure of the party.
The party also
decided to endorse the Tarun Dal decision to extend the tenure of the office bearers for six months
The Tarun Dal had recently taken a decision to extend its tenure for six months
Deuba will issue directives to Tarun Dal to hold its convention within six months.
The CWC also decided to increase the number of party
departments to 47 which was opposed by the Paudel faction
The NC stated that office bearers of the party departments would be appointed soon.
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