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Nepali Congress to Hold 15th General Convention from October 2–5

Summary

Editorially reviewed.

  • The Nepali Congress has revised the schedule for its 15th General Convention, deciding to begin ward-level conventions from August 18.
  • Local municipality conventions are set for August 23, provincial assembly regional conventions on September 2, and district-level conventions on September 9.
  • The General Convention will now be held in Kathmandu from October 2 to 5.

March 24, Kathmandu – The Nepali Congress has amended the schedule for its 15th General Convention. The party’s Central Committee meeting held today decided to start ward conventions from August 18.

Previously, the schedule presented at Tuesday’s meeting had planned to start ward conventions from July 22, but this has now been revised according to a Central Committee member.

According to the committee member, local municipality conventions have been rescheduled to August 23 from the earlier date of August 27.
Similarly, the provincial assembly regional conventions will now be held on September 2 instead of August 8.

The district-level conventions, originally scheduled for August 16, will be held on September 9. Additionally, conventions in districts with more than one electoral constituency, initially planned for August 18 and 19, were proposed for August 18 and 19.

Provincial conventions are now slated for October 2 and 3, earlier than the earlier proposed dates of September 30 and October 1.

The 15th General Convention itself is scheduled to take place in Kathmandu from October 2 to 5. Initially, it had been proposed for September 10 to 12.