Banners Displayed at Nepali Congress’ Youth Federation Demanding End to Rent-Seeking Practice

Dissatisfied student leaders and active members have hung banners at the central office of the Nepali Congress, demanding a convention of the party’s affiliated youth organization, the Nepal Democratic Students’ Federation (Nevisangh). Nevisangh leader Pushkarvikram Shahi stated that the banners question the party leadership about when the selection of leadership will begin after ending the rent-seeking practice.

Following the Nepali Congress’s decision not to extend the tenure of the central committees of Nevisangh and other affiliated organizations, these groups have effectively become dissolved. On April 10 (27 Baishakh), in Kathmandu, dissatisfied student leaders and activists raised questions through banners such as, “When will the rent-seeking practice in affiliated organizations end and leadership selection be conducted fully through democratic processes?”

Additionally, the banners included questions like, “What is the current party leadership’s stance toward student organizations?” and “What is the party’s position on granting operational autonomy to Nevisangh?” Another inquiry raised was, “What is the clear indication of the emotional unity within the party?”

With the Nepali Congress’s decision not to extend the tenure of the central committees of various affiliated organizations, these organizations have effectively been dissolved. The party is currently preparing to appoint interim committees led by central leadership in these organizations.