Mission of Deuba and Thapa-84

Congress President Deuba went to Baluwatar on Monday night to meet Prime Minister and Maoist Chairman Dahal after General Minister Thapa did not give up his stand. The leaders close to Deuba were preparing to defeat the proposal of the Chief Minister related to the alliance even by calling the Central Committee. The leaders of the establishment side were prepared to call the meeting of the Central Working Committee and go to the vote and amend the General Minister's proposal.

Deuba, who had reached Baluwatar with Deputy Chairman and Deputy Prime Minister Purna Bahadur Khadka, was flexible on the proposal of General Minister Thapa as soon as he returned from there. "Even though there is a dispute within the party regarding the election alliance, it seemed as if the Chairman was trying to reassure the Prime Minister that the alliance would not be affected, the Prime Minister took it as normal," Baluwatar source said.

It is mentioned that there is a written agreement between the three leaders of the alliance, Deuba, Dahal, and Madhav Kumar Nepal, the president of United Samajwadi Party, that they will take turns as prime minister and Deuba will become the prime minister after two and a half years. If the agreement is implemented, Dahal's term will end in December 2018, after which Deuba will lead Nepal for one and a half years and the electoral government will be led by Deuba. Deuba is trying to secure his turn without irritating the parties in the alliance. Since Deuba's strategy is to become the Prime Minister and then establish the leaders of his party by holding a convention and also to be dominant in the distribution of tickets for the 2084 election, General Minister Thapa wants to destroy the alliance and change the whole game.

By raising the issue of electoral alliance, Thapa has taken a strategy to weaken the Deuba side in the party's 15th convention. According to the statute, after completing the four-year term

2082 He has strongly raised the issue of having a convention in November. If the agreement between the leaders of the three parties is implemented, Deuba will become the Prime Minister around June-July 2083. Other parties, including Thapa, are worried that Deuba will remain in power if he is able to hold a party convention when he is the prime minister. However, according to the constitution of the country, there is a provision that the convention of the party can be held within five years. Deuba held the previous convention in five years.

It is the stance that all evil deeds are brought up in the same place and therefore no alliance should be made: Thapa

After the support of Chairman Deuba, on the second day of the General Committee on Tuesday, when General Minister Thapa presented a proposal not to form an alliance before any periodic elections in the future, the members of the General Committee clapped their support. "Considering that the pre-election alliance was not a regular political situation in democracy but a product of a forced situation, the Nepali Congress gives full confidence to the party members, well-wishers and supporters and common citizens from this General Committee meeting, and firmly resolves that we will fight the future periodical elections alone with our own strength and our voters. We will ensure that people can cast their votes on the Nepali Congress's election symbol tree,' the resolution said. Even if it has to stay out of power, if the Congress does not compromise on basic values, it is argued that strong confidence can be instilled in 3 million workers and it will strengthen the organization of the party.

The issue of whether the General Minister's proposal will be approved by the General Committee or not is showing signs of further polarization within the party. Even though Congress President Deuba and his party leaders were presented to the General Committee, they are not in favor of approving this proposal. Thapa himself believes that the proposal will be passed. "I don't think any of the leaders of the Congress will say that they should not talk about the matter of contesting the elections on their own strength alone in tomorrow's elections and the Congress voters casting their votes at the trees," he said to Kantipur. is normal No one seems to oppose it.'

Foreign Minister NP Saud, who is also a central member, says that it would be premature to decide whether to form an alliance in the elections to be held after four years. "Alliance strategy is a topic in elections. The main issue is that our party will get a majority. There can be no doubt that the organization should be strengthened at its core. "I don't think the General Committee is the right platform to decide whether or not to form an alliance," says Saud, adding, "The past elections should be reviewed." The current coalition and government should be evaluated. It is immaturity to talk about four years from now. Because the 15th Congress comes after the General Committee meeting. It is appropriate to take a decision from the convention itself.'' He says that expressing the commitment to alliance or not now will increase distrust in the decision-making capacity of the convention.

Leaders close to Deuba fear that with the General Committee's policy of not making electoral alliances, Maoists will get a strong basis to leave the alliance. Also, Chandra Bhandari, who is in the camp other than the establishment, also comments that it is immature to bring the decision to be made based on the need to the General Committee after four years. "These four years are to try to find out how we can join the development of the country by taking the Maoists along with us. However, bringing up the issue of electoral alliance in the General Committee would not have caused coldness between the ruling parties," says Bhandari. "Being in an alliance is also a matter of mutual self-respect. If self-respect cannot be maintained, this may be an opportunity for the Maoists to change their alliance.'

Another General Minister Bishwa Prakash Sharma, who has been collaborating on all agendas, has argued in a contemporary political report that it is not necessary to decide on electoral alliances four years before the election. Both the Chief Ministers have told their close leaders that there is a difference of opinion as the proposal was prepared without consulting each other. Sharma commented that since the traditional voters of Congress did not like the party's request to vote for other symbols, there is a question about reawakening it. However, he says that it is not appropriate to make a decision on this matter now. It is not necessary to discuss the election 4 years before the election. Therefore, will we go with an alliance in the next election too or will we field Congress candidates in all the seats of all the three levels? "We will reach a suitable decision at the appropriate time by keeping the natural two-way opinion within us," Sharma wrote in his report.

Sharma says that the views of the two Chief Ministers are the same in essence, despite the differences in the cover. There is no difference of opinion between the two chief ministers. In essence, we are in the same place," he added, "we will go together. There will be no distrust between us regarding this.' He also said that the real reason for the loss of about 7 percent votes compared to the 2074 election should be investigated.

Other groups of the party including Thapa expressed their opinion that they should not join the alliance even before the 2079 election. However, after the central leadership of the party decided to go in favor of the alliance, the Congress formed an alliance with the Maoists in all three levels of elections. In the local elections of 2074, the Maoists allied with the Congress and joined the UML in the state and union elections. When the Congress contested the elections alone, it won only 23 seats in the House of Representatives. Chairman Deuba had aligned himself with the Maoists in the 2079 election considering the left-wing alliance as the main reason for losing the 2074 election. Deuba and his party leaders argue that the Congress has become the largest party in Parliament by directly winning 89 seats due to the alliance. On the other hand, General Minister Thapa and other party leaders argue that the Congress lost 7 percent of the popular vote due to the alliance.

Thapa claims that thousands of activists are opposed to the coalition of local, state and union candidates who will be deprived of candidates. The old and traditional voters of the party are also confused when they have to vote on the election symbol of the Communist Party. Representing their sentiments, leaders including Chief Minister Thapa and Shekhar Koirala are in favor of not joining the electoral alliance. Leader Koirala has been publicly expressing his opinion that there should be no alliance in the upcoming elections. However, Koirala is nowhere to be seen in the struggle between Deuba and Thapa on whether or not to take the proposal to the General Committee. Deuba on one side and Thapa on the other are seen in this case.

On the second day of the General Committee, on Tuesday, Deputy Chairman Purna Bahadur Khadka's policy, General Minister Thapa's organizational report, General Minister Sharma's contemporary report and Finance Minister Prakasharan Mahat's financial report were presented. The proposals will be discussed among members in four groups from Tuesday. The original resolutions will then be passed by the full House of the General Committee. Presenting the report, Deputy Chairman Khadka said that to make federalism effective, the Congress should initiate the passage of the bill to bring the Federal Police Act and Civil Act into effect immediately, reduce the administrative expenses of the provinces, the number of ministries of the provincial government, and establish the necessary structures by studying the rationale of various agencies at the provincial and district levels to reduce administrative expenses. There is an offer. Khadka has also presented the policy of allocating a certain percentage of seats in the entire committee of the party for youths under 40 years of age and experts who have gained expertise in various fields in the country/abroad.

General Minister Sharma has proposed a method to bind the tenure of one person as president, prime minister, minister and parliamentarian by the principle of 1/2/3/4 when the proposal to be the chairman of the party's central or district working committee for a maximum of two times has been implemented. The oath of office of the President only once, the Prime Minister twice at most, the minister three times and the MP four times at most. "The Congress will follow this method and will propose for the constitutional settlement," he said. Similarly, in the case of provinces, he proposed to adopt a system in which the chief minister cannot serve more than two times, the minister three times and the provincial assembly member four times.

The door to constitutional amendment is open

Congress has opened the door to constitutional amendment as a policy. In the policy opinion of the party presented by the Congress Vice President Purna Bahadur Khadka, it is mentioned that the Constitution can be amended on matters other than the basic features and that Congress will lead it. Democratic Republic, Parliamentary System, Secularism, Inclusive Proportional, Mixed Electoral System are considered as the features of the Constitution. Within the Congress, the issue of secularism and changing the electoral system has been raised.

While the Mahasamithi was going on, the leaders who were carrying the issue of establishing a Hindu state have even started a signature campaign to make it the official opinion of the party. In the February 3rd meeting of the Central Working Committee, 22 central members submitted a supplementary proposal to Chairman Deuba to include the issue of Hinduism. Some central members have been added to it, while the process of signing is continuing in the general committee meeting. Former Chief Minister Shashank Koirala, Central Member Shankar Bhandari, Central Member Pushpa Bhusal, Gandaki State President Shukraraj Sharma and other leaders are in the forefront in favor of Hinduism.