Most of the 13 fraternal organizations of the Congress, which consider the democratic system and periodic elections to be the soul of the party, rely on 'Tike Pratha'.
The Nepal Kisan Federation, a sister organization of the Congress, which was formed in November 2006, has not yet been able to hold a session. The sister organization of the country's largest democratic party has been running on ad hoc working committees for 18 years. The Nepal Tharu Association and the Nepal Democratic Sports Association have not been able to hold a convention since their inception.
Nepal Vidyarthi Sangh (Navisangh) held its convention in 2073, Nepal Tarun Dal 2072, Nepal Women's Sangh 2073 and Nepal Dalit Sangh 2069, there has been no other convention since then.
The leadership of most of the 13 fraternal organizations of the Congress, which considers the democratic system and periodic elections as the soul of the party, is based on 'Tike Pratha'. The Congress leadership has been destabilizing the fraternal organizations for a long time by not holding the session on time.
The Navisangh party, which is considered an organizational nursery, is under the grip of a power struggle. Since exercising parallel powers in the organization, its activities have also become chaotic. Even when Tribhuvan University was vandalized and locked, neither the union nor the party leadership was able to control it.
Even when the students elected to SWU from the New Association of New Delhi locked the offices of the Vice-Chancellor, Registrar and Rector for 19 days, no one has taken the initiative to open the graduation level admission which was closed in January.
Nepal Mahila Sangh and Tarun Dal have been embroiled in similar disputes for a long time. Parallel activities have been going on from the center to the districts. Leader of the other party in Mahila Sangh, Shekhar Koirala and General Minister Gagan Thapa, 20 central members who disagreed with the leadership, resigned en masse last Baisakh.
081 In order to complete the convention of all the fraternal organizations by the end of March, the central working committee meeting on the 26th of December last formed a steering committee consisting of party leaders. Accordingly, the Central Steering Committee was formed under the leadership of Jeevan Pariyar, Joint General Minister of the Dalit Association, Prakash Sharan Mahat of the Women's Association, Ramesh Rizal of the Kisan Association, NP Saud of the Ex-Servicemen Association, Mohan Bahadur Basnet of the Democratic Sports Association, Madhu Acharya of the Apang Association, Uday Shamser Rana of the Tharu Association and Govind Pokharel of the Democratic Senani Association.
In the meantime, none other than Bhupu Sainik Sangh, Apang Sangh and Democratic Senani Sangh could have a convention. He says that the convention of fraternal organizations is being affected due to the concern of losing their dominance. Especially in Navy Sangh, Tarun Dal, Mahila Sangh and Dalit Sangh, more interest and interest of the leadership is seen.
'Fraternal organizations have become ghosts because the conference could not be held. On the other hand, the convention of sister organizations of competing parties will be held but periodically When the democratic party Congress, which is biased towards the elections, did not hold the convention of the fraternal organizations, the question of common citizens has also been raised towards us,' said Joint General Minister Pariyar, "The leadership should not worry that the fraternal organizations will not remain under their control in order to face the challenges in the society. In any case, we should go towards holding the convention.'
Congress has 13 sister organizations, 26 well-wishers and 37 foreign public relations committees. All of them have been influenced by multiple factions within the party. Not only in the country, public relations committees abroad have also become the arena of controversy.
'Especially in the view of the organization, there was a theoretical difference between the leadership and other officials . The party chairman has the theory that the party organization is built through power, while most of the other officials believe that the party can be brought to power only through a strong organization. The leadership and officials did not have the same point of view . When the leadership sought power and others sought organization, the structures of the party became chaotic," says another official of the party, "Sher Bahadur Deuba has been the unbroken chairman since 1972. In the 14th Congress, Gagan Thapa and Vishwaprakash became office bearers. For a while there was a wave of hope. However, it was seen that nothing will happen unless the leadership wants it. Organizations and activities have become chaotic. The Central Congress itself has been thrown into confusion due to the multiple interests of the leaders. There has been no discussion in the party about the convention yet.
The central working committee meeting of the party has not been held for 9 months. It is mandatory for the convention to decide on active membership. There has been a dispute over membership in the Congress before every convention. This time too, it seems that the attention of the leaders has not reached towards finalizing the membership for the convention. After a long time, the Congress has called a meeting of the Central Working Committee for June 15.
However, Chief Minister Gagan Thapa claims that the convention will be held before November 2083. In the general committee meeting that lasted from 7-10 February 2010, Thapa proposed to hold a convention within November 2012. When that was not possible, Thapa started saying that the convention would be held before November 083.
The work of renewing and distributing the main active membership for the convention has not been completed yet, on the other hand, the chairman Deuba is talking about prolonging the convention within his own group, causing confusion has been created. According to an official of the
party, Deuba has made up his mind to proceed with the preparations for the convention only after he becomes the prime minister in July 2008 according to the agreement with the UML. Some people have argued that Deuba has made up his mind to hold a convention only after the 084 election.
According to the constitution of the Congress, the term of office of the working committees at all levels of the party, including the central working committee, is four years. The law provides for an additional year and the constitution provides for an additional year and a half. According to the provisions of the party constitution, the Congress has to complete the convention by November 083.
Even if the constitutional arrangement is to be followed, it cannot be pushed further than May of 084. According to the legal system of the party, since Deuba will be separated from the party leadership from the 15th convention, he once discussed with the close associates of the party whether it would be possible to hold a general election under his leadership and only then hold a party convention.
On the one hand, the lack of preparation for the speed of the convention and on the other hand, the president opening his mouth to ask for suggestions, most of the leaders within the party have become suspicious. Congress General Minister Gagan Thapa claims that the congress will be held before November 083.
If you have the illusion that the convention will be held after the general election, get out of it, the convention is not moved just because someone wants it. Holding the convention later than the provisions given by the constitution is also a court question," he said in a program held in the capital on Saturday, "The last date of the convention is November 083, even if it reaches there, it will affect the local elections . A convention should be held before that.'
Central member Nainsingh Mahar, who is also the former president of the Indian Union, says that the risk of holding a party convention after the general election should not be taken. He said that there is a weakness of the central officials in the direction of holding the convention on a regular date within the four years stipulated by the law.
'082 The regular term is ending from November . According to the statute, no more than one year can be added. Within that, the convention should be held anyway. People who believe in democracy have joined Congress because they believe in democracy and periodic elections. If we do not accept this character and practice, it will cause great damage to the organization,' said Mahar, 'but, the officials are not doing regular work for the convention.' Now, the pressure of millions of leaders and activists from the Toll Committee to the top is necessary to hold a convention from time to time.'
The main foundation for the congress convention is the active membership of the party. Up to now the renewal of the old members has not been completed . Old members have been given time till June 15. After that, there is a plan to open a new membership .
As active members are the primary voter for the party's leadership selection in the center, there is more movement of leaders who run multiple factions within the party . The leaders say that there is still uncertainty as to when the convention will be held, especially since there is more movement in the new membership.
Co-general minister Pariyar says that after the active membership is decided, 70 percent of the work of the convention will be completed . "If the party that believes in periodic elections is not able to hold the convention within time, then it will be unfortunate for us. It is unfortunate that there are rumors that we are trying to go beyond the limits given by the constitution," Pariyar said. Congress should be completed before November 83. That is why we are focused.'
