Seventy-seven districts, 77 party envoys. The Nepali Congress has sent central representatives into every district in the country to run a new round of active membership distribution ahead of its 15th General Convention.
The instruction comes with a target attached. The envoys are to make sure young people under 35 are as well represented as possible among the new members.
Acting Chief Secretary Krishna Prasad Dulal announced the deployment in a press release on Wednesday. The appointments follow a decision of the party’s Membership Management Central Committee, which wants the campaign to be effective and organized. The directive says the representatives “shall remain present in their respective districts from Asar 7 to Asar 20, 2083, and carry out coordination, facilitation, and assigned responsibilities.” Dulal’s statement put the goal this way: “Our objective is to ensure maximum representation of youth under 35 years of age in the new active membership distribution process.”
Who goes where
Joint General Secretary Udaya Shumsher Rana takes Kathmandu in Bagmati Province. Others there include Manojmani Acharya in Lalitpur, Rajendra Kumar KC in Bhaktapur and Dr. Kedar Narsingh KC in Chitwan.
In Koshi Province, Rajiv Koirala covers Jhapa, Sudhir Kumar Shiwakoti covers Morang and Kumar Luintel covers Sunsari. Madhesh Province assignments include Ramkumar Yadav for Siraha, Subash Kumar Pokharel for Dhanusha and Ujjwal Prasad Baral for Parsa.
Gandaki’s list has Bishnu Devi Pandey in Kaski, Krishna Bahadur KC in Lamjung and Dr. Gopal Dahit in Nawalpur. In Lumbini, Radheshyam Pathak was given Dang, Mahendra Sharma Banke and Narayan Prasad Bhattarai Rupandehi. Karnali Province picks include Tapan Khadka in Jumla and Lekhnath Pokharel in Surkhet. Over in Sudurpashchim, Jagat Prasad Joshi was assigned to Achham, Him Bahadur Rawal to Doti and Madhu Acharya to Kailali.
Several women are on the roster, among them Uma Shiwakoti in Panchthar, Kusumdevi Thapa Magar in Tanahu, Mankumari Gurung in Manang and Samjhana Khatri in Dadeldhura.
The Nepali-language announcement was machine-translated for the English edition of Ratopati, which carried the full province-by-province list.
Sources
- NC deploys representatives across 77 districts for membership drive
- Nepali Congress Appoints Central Representatives for New Active Membership Distribution
