Nepali Congress is preparing to proceed with the selection process for the parliamentary party leader only after the Speaker of the House of Representatives is elected. Following the Speaker’s election, the Congress will convene a Central Working Committee meeting to form an election committee responsible for selecting the parliamentary party leader. It is highly likely that the Congress will adopt a voting process for choosing the leader after the House of Representatives election. Kathmandu, 19 Chaitra. The newly formed House of Representatives has completed the election of the Speaker, and only then will the main opposition party, Nepali Congress, finalize its parliamentary party leader. Since senior member Arjun Narasingh KC, elected from the proportional representation list, currently holds the senior member’s role, Congress intends to delay selecting the party leader.
Because KC has expressed interest in the position, Congress plans to advance the process for selecting the parliamentary party leader only after the Speaker is chosen. A senior Congress leader revealed that discussions on choosing the parliamentary party leader will commence only after the Speaker’s election. “Arjun Narasingh Dai has shown interest. Currently, he is functioning in the role of presiding over the House,” the leader said. “Once the Speaker is elected, he will no longer have to operate as the senior member of parliament. Only then will our discussions proceed.”
The election for the Speaker of the House of Representatives is scheduled for 22 Chaitra, with nominations closing on 20 Chaitra. On the same day as the election and handover of the Speaker’s office, Congress MP KC’s duties as senior member will conclude. According to Congress sources, the party appears likely to select the parliamentary party leader only after 23 Chaitra. Congress General Secretary Gururaj Ghimire has announced that a Central Working Committee meeting has been called to form the election committee for leader selection. He stated that the Central Working Committee meeting, set for the upcoming Saturday, will form the election committee. “The Working Committee will convene and establish the election committee. That committee will carry the process forward,” General Secretary Ghimire said. “We have convened the Working Committee meeting for Saturday.”
