Problems have surfaced at the ongoing general convention of Tarun Dal, the
youth organisation of the Nepali Congress, due to a high number of aspirants
caused by the failure to hold the conclave for over a decade.
The
organising committee has failed to hold the closed-door session of the
convention owing to disputes over representatives from about a dozen districts.
A tentative agreement on the organisation’s statute is said to be reached.
According
to the proposed composition of the central body, there will be a chairman,
three vice-chairmen, two general secretaries and a treasurer. The central body
will likely have 75 members.
Given
the tussle between the establishment side and the group led by senior leader
Ram Chandra Poudel, leaders are yet to agree on division of seats among the
three major camps. Sources say the establishment side will keep about 60
percent seats while the Poudel faction will get 40 percent of the positions.
The
dissatisfied Krishna Prasad Sitaula-led group wants election to pick the
committee members. On Sunday evening, the camp announced Uttam Chapagain as its
chairman candidate. “We think the best way out of the current leadership vacuum
is holding the polls,’’ said Chapagain.
Party
insiders, however, say senior leaders would eventually find consensus in seat
distribution within a couple of days.
As
Jit Jung Basnet and Siddhartha Koirala, both of whom are new to Tarun Dal, are
in the fray for office bearer positions, other cadres have expressed their
dissatisfaction at the leadership’s attempt to unanimously elect a new central
body.
“As
the current central committee is barred from standing for election, and with
party leaders bringing their own representatives by cancelling some of the
already held district conventions, it’s a huge disappointment for those who
have invested years and years in the organisation,’’ said Radha Ghale, acting
president of the Tarun Dal.
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