NC Gen Secy Thapa asserts new leadership will distribute election tickets, not President Deuba

KATHMANDU, Nov 24: Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Thapa has asserted that the party will contest the upcoming election under the leadership of a new president elected by a special General Convention — not under current party president Sher Bahadur Deuba, who has maintained an iron grip on the party despite his unceremonious thrashing by a mob during the Gen Z protest on September 9.