Kathmandu, Dec. 30 -- The Nepal Olympic Committee conducted its 21st Annual General Assembly at a hotel in Kathmandu on Monday. The ceremony, however, saw a conspicuous absence of representatives from state authorities.

The two major stakeholders for the NOC are the National Sports Council (NSC) and the Ministry of Youth and Sports. But no official from those authorities was present in the NOC's major programme, where they revealed their expenditure of the fiscal year 2024/25 alongside the expected budget and plans and programmes for 2026.

Speaking before the closed session of the General Assembly began, NOC President Jeevan Ram Shrestha did not hold back on the issue between the organisation and the government.

Shrestha especially too...