Arjun Narsingh KC, Bhishma Raj Angdembe, and Mohan Acharya are the main contenders for the post of parliamentary party leader.
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The Nepali Congress is set to elect the parliamentary party leader on Friday. Despite attempts to elect the party leader unanimously, the party is set to elect it through an election after a consensus could not be reached.
Arjun Narsingh KC, Bhishma Raj Angdembe and Mohan Acharya are the main contenders for the parliamentary party. KC and Angdembe are both proportionally elected MPs, while Acharya is directly elected.
Chairman Gagan Thapa is in favor of electing the parliamentary party leader through direct election. In that case, there is a possibility that Thapa will put Acharya forward. Thapa had been in trouble due to KC's candidacy. KC is Thapa's father-in-law.
Thapa was criticized on social media when KC was included in the proportional list. At that time, he publicly denied it. That is why Thapa did not want to make KC the party leader. A few days ago, a team of party officials including Vice President Pushpa Bhusal had gone to KC's residence and requested him to step down as party leader.
KC had said that he would not step down as party leader as he is the president's father-in-law. 'If a criterion is made and consensus is sought on it, I am ready to step down.' However, she may agree to devaluing the long political struggle and contribution by linking it to relatives,' said KC. This is also the reason why President Thapa has made a criterion for directly appointing the party leader, a party official said.
KC, however, said that he will not go to the election if there is no consensus among party leaders. 'Let's make a criterion whether to do it directly, to the youngest, or to the most senior.' If not, bring it by consensus, and let those who want to compete compete,' said KC, 'If the election is held, I will not participate in the competition.'
Another aspirant, Angdambe, has the support of former President Sher Bahadur Deuba and leader Shekhar Koirala. Vice President Bishwaprakash Sharma had also shown activeness in selecting him as the party leader unanimously. However, since there was no consensus, President Thapa took the path of directly selecting the party leader. There is a possibility that there will be a dispute between Angdambe and Acharya when the election is held.
'I am also in favor of selecting unanimously. I am trying for unanimous consent, otherwise there will be no candidate. There will be a candidate,' said Angdambe. Nominations for the party leader have been scheduled for 3 pm on Friday. Joint General Secretary Prakash Rasaili, who is also the coordinator of the election committee, said that the nominations will be made at 3 pm and the election will be held by 5 pm on Friday.
