Nepali Congress Deuba Faction Completes District Conventions in Three Karnali Districts

Surkhet. The Nepali Congress's Sher Bahadur Deuba faction has completed district conventions in three districts of Karnali Province. According to Deuba faction leader Daman Shahi, district conventions have been completed in Mugu, Jumla, and Humla. The district convention in Kalikot is scheduled for Tuesday, while work on ward, municipality, and regional conventions is underway in other districts, Shahi stated. He added that efforts are being made to complete the conventions in all districts within the schedule set for Kartik 15. Tilak Malla from the Deuba faction has been elected as the Mugu district president. Malla was previously considered close to Deuba. Former minister Ain Bahadur Shahi is leading the Deuba faction in Mugu. While most other leaders of the Deuba faction in Karnali have joined Gagan Thapa's group, Ain Bahadur has remained with Deuba. In Mugu, Ramesh Kumar Malla and Ram Bahadur Rawat have been elected as vice-presidents from the Deuba faction, Kuber Jung Shahi and Hari Rawal as secretaries, Dharmendra Shahi as treasurer, and Jung Bahadur Aidi and Shailendra Malla as joint secretaries. Similarly, Netrakala Shahi has been elected president in Jumla. While Deuba faction leaders in Jumla such as Kantika Sejuwal and Lalit Jung Shahi have joined Gagan Thapa, she remained in the Deuba group and became the district president. In Humla, Suryabahadur Shahi has been elected president. He was previously the district treasurer. Humla is the home district of former Chief Minister Jeevan Bahadur Shahi. Although Jeevan Bahadur, who belongs to the Deuba faction, has recently openly supported Gagan Thapa, Suryabahadur Shahi, considered his close leader in the district, has become the district president from the Deuba faction. According to Deuba faction leader Daman Bahadur Shahi, regional convention work is also underway in Dailekh. The Deuba faction was previously considered strong in Karnali. The group had a significant influence as it is the home province of Purna Bahadur Khadka. However, recently, although Khadka himself has not explicitly sided with anyone, most leaders and cadres from his group have openly joined Gagan Thapa and participated in the general convention. Earlier, Bhupendra Jung Shahi of Kalikot, who was considered a leader of the Shekhar Koirala faction, has now openly joined Deuba, and Narayan Regmi of Dailekh has also joined Deuba. Regmi had previously participated in the regional convention of the establishment faction, but after a dispute there, he joined Deuba.