General Secretary Gagan Thapa has mentioned in the report that arrangements will also be made for internal competition (primary elections) within the party.
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The Congress is going to implement a system where a person can only become a member of parliament from a proportional representation party once.
Presenting a contemporary-political report at the closing session of the special general convention, General Secretary Gagan Thapa announced that the opportunity to become an MP through the proportional system will be arranged only once for a person. 'Just like the criteria and policy for joining the party, the party will specify the period of any state responsibility or government post at the local, provincial and federal levels. In order to end the tradition of the same person repeatedly holding the same government responsibility and to prevent a limited number of people from getting repeated opportunities to represent the party in public responsibilities, arrangements will be made so that a person will have only one opportunity to become an MP through the proportional election system,' the report he submitted said.
He said that there will be an arrangement for internal competition (primary election) within the party. "A system will be implemented to select candidates at the relevant level from among the three people, including women, who get the most votes, by arranging internal competition among the members of the relevant level," said General Secretary Thapa. "For this, the digital candidate evaluation and recommendation system ensures that candidates are selected on the basis of qualifications, abilities, honesty and organizational contributions, giving equal opportunities to all interested parties."
He said that the primary election will create buzz in internal democracy, reduce disputes and increase public confidence in the party.
The Congress is also going to implement lateral entry in the party. He said that this process will help in integrating people who have contributed for a long time in the professional and business sectors into various structures of the party. "A new arrangement will be made regarding the appropriate process of lateral entry by fielding a certain percentage of candidates from the party in elections at various levels," he said. "The essence of the inclusive proportional principle will be fully assimilated while making elections and nominations. Inclusive representation of Madhesi, Dalit, Muslim, indigenous, tribal, Tharu, etc. will be ensured according to community clusters at each level, with one-third of the working committees at each level being necessarily women, youth, workers, professional sectors, and people with disabilities.'
