NC General Convention

THE city of Pokhara is all set to host the ruling Nepali Congress party’s biggest conclave, the General Convention, that is held every four years. As per it’s prior schedule, the three-day General Convention will be formally inaugurated today. During the three-day period, a plethora of problems and a slew of challenges would be discussed and debated. More importantly, the convention is expected to elect the ruling party’s president who, in turn, will guide and lead the party till the next General Convention. Being the most important conclave of the ruling party, the representatives, said to be over 1,400 strong, have already assembled at the General Convention venue. So have the party’s leaders and other stalwarts. For, as per the ruling party’s rules, the representatives are verily the ones who would not only be engaged in thrashing out solutions to the problems and challenges facing their ruling party, but they would also be laying down the groundworks for steering the party and guiding the thousands of party workers for the next four years through timely suggestions and recommendations. Similarly, new rules pertaining to the party’s functions would also be duly formalised. More so concerning the new composition of the ruling party’s Central Working Committee (CWC), the apex body of the party.

The ruling Nepali Congress party has already witnessed nine such general conventions in its over half a century long history of championing and fighting for democracy. And during each such convention, various opinions and suggestions concerning how best to guide, lead and steer the party were voiced, tabled and discussed openly, freely and frankly. Being the oldest and the largest democratic party, the thousands of party workers as well as well-wishers expect no less than this. Of course, when so many representatives are gathered in one place, that too, to set the course for their party till the next general convention, at times discussions could be heated. But, at the end of the convention, when the recommendations, resolutions and directives are issued, all the leaders, stalwarts and representatives that took part in the conclave always made it a point to not only voice their strong support to the new guidelines but also their duty and responsibility to follow the same. This 10th General Convention, going by the ruling party’s past precedents, is expected to not only come up with new guidelines for the party leaders, stalwarts and workers to scrupulously follow but, more importantly, unite them firmly behind the party president so that the problems and challenges currently faced by the party would be overcome successfully.

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