Kathmandu, Oct. 18 -- Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Thapa has proposed holding the party's 15th general convention from December 13 to 15. He presented the proposal at the central working committee meeting on Friday, amid discussion in the party on replacing its leadership following the Gen Z uprising.

However, the party's establishment faction, now led by acting president Purna Bahadur Khadka, has not agreed to discuss the timeframe proposed by Thapa. The establishment faction wants to hold the convention only after the national elections scheduled for March 5, 2026. But Thapa, along with the other general secretary, Bishwa Prakash Sharma, and senior party leader Shekhar Koirala, among others, insists that the convention must ...