Mahasamiti Raises Hope Among NC Cadres

The recently concluded Mahasamiti meeting of the ruling Nepali Congress (NC) has generated much hope and enthusiasm among its cadres and supporters as the gathering has spread a message of unity. The Mahasamiti, which is the party’s vital policy-making body, met last week in a gap of six long years. This body is supposed to meet every two years. But the party leadership put off the meeting time and again, citing one reason after another. Deferring meetings of the Mahasamiti frequently is not good for the party’s functioning. However, the meeting was held in a friendly atmosphere despite debates among the participants belonging to the party establishment and dissident groups. The jamboree endorsed all three political papers resented by the party’s vice-president Purna Bahadur Khadka and general secretaries Gagan Kumar Thapa and Bishwo Prakash Sharma after discussing them extensively.