”Are you going to insult us on social media as a bunch of scumbags, make a video of us being chased and post it on social media from the General Secretary's secretariat?”, Sitaula said, and General Secretary Thapa objected and countered.
There was a heated discussion at Tuesday's meeting after Congress General Secretary Krishna Prasad Sitaula said that General Secretary Gagan Thapa's secretariat was trying to eliminate them. Sitaula and Thapa had a heated argument over the statement.
Sitaula had objected to the video of him and seven former office bearers being chased by the General Secretary Thapa's secretariat, saying that it came from the secretariat of General Secretary Thapa. Immediately after that, Thapa demanded that Sitaula show proof that his secretariat had made such a video. 'You are insulting us on social media as a "ghost squad", making a video of the chase and posting it on social media from the secretariat of the General Secretary?' As soon as Sitaula said this, General Secretary Thapa objected and opposed it.
'Or provide factual evidence. Is it permissible to speak indiscriminately in a meeting without evidence?' Thapa drew the attention of the acting chairman and opposed Sitaula's statement. Then, acting chairman Purna Bahadur Khadka asked Sitaula if there was any factual evidence. Only then did Sitaula retract his statement and say 'sorry'.
General Secretary Thapa had said that such an opinion was put forward with wrong intentions in the meeting of the Central Working Committee at Dhobighat for 2 days without discussing it one-on-one, even when they were sitting together outside.
Sitaula has been aggressive against the two general secretaries who are fighting an ideological battle with the stance that a special or regular general convention should be held before the election. On his own initiative, 7 former office bearers have not allowed the agenda of the general convention to come before the election under any circumstances. When Sitaula himself was preparing to become the president from the establishment side, the Gen-G movement took place.
In the current unfavorable situation, his strategy of pushing the general convention back seems to be apparent. Leaders close to him say that by pushing the general convention back, he can conserve power and by showing hope and fear to President Deuba and becoming a candidate in his support is still in Sitaula's hands. However, Sitaula himself argues that the general convention will not be held as the time to prepare for the election will be short in four months.
‘The only option for a political solution at the moment is an election. After talking one-on-one with President Ramchandra Poudel a few days ago, I realized that if there is no election, the country will be in even more trouble, so I was of the opinion that we should go for an election,’ Sitaula said.
