The first general convention of the National Independent Party (NISP) is set to elect a 158-member central committee. 

The last central committee meeting of the NISP held in Bharatpur on Saturday passed the revised statute and decided to form a 158-member central committee. Out of which, 99 members, including the president, will be decided through the election process, while 52 will be nominated by the president. The presidents of the seven provinces will automatically be nominated as central members, informed Ganesh Parajuli, a member of the NISP's statute draft suggestion committee and secretariat. According to him, although a 21-member central committee was envisioned during the establishment period, the central membership has been expanded to address the recent adjustment process. 

Speaking at a press conference organized after the last meeting of the central committee, leader Parajuli said, "21 central members were envisioned during the establishment period. But we have added nominated members after the broad political consensus reached before the last election, the process of adjustment, and the need to address the adjustment process while including various forces, classes, and groups.' Leader Parajuli said that the statute addresses the principle of inclusion at all levels. According to him, while ensuring 5 central members from a province, 2 have been made mandatory for women. Parajuli said that membership within the province has also been ensured based on population. According to the revised statute of the RSVP, there will be 19 office bearers. According to which, there will be a president, senior leader, three vice presidents including one woman, two general secretaries, 5 joint general secretaries including one woman, a treasurer, two joint treasurers, a spokesperson, and 3 joint spokesperson office bearers.

RSVP members reach 500,000

The party's general membership has reached 500,000 before the first general convention of the RSVP. Speaking at a press conference organized after the final meeting of the central committee held in Bharatpur on Saturday, party spokesperson Manish Jha informed that the party members have crossed 500,000. According to him, 3,918 delegates will participate in the general convention. Spokesperson Jha said that 300 more delegates may be added by Sunday. He said that the responsibility has been given to the two general secretaries to use their discretion for that. 

According to him, the conventions of 64 districts of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) have been completed. Similarly, 610 out of 753 municipal conventions have been completed and 4,061 ward conventions have been completed. 

Spokesperson Jha said that the party has taken the votes received by the party from the elections held on Falgun 21 as income. Now, he said that efforts are being made to take it forward institutionally from this general convention. 'The votes received from the Falgun 21 election are the party's income, we are now trying to move forward by practicing it institutionally. That will help convert the income into assets. Campaigning and politics are different things. To a large extent, the party is now turning from campaigning to politics,' Spokesperson Jha said. Chitwan has contributed a lot to the campaign to promote the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).