26 Chait, Kathmandu. The Chairman of Nepali Congress, Gagan Kumar Thapa, has claimed that the special convention of Nepali Congress, held last December, was in accordance with the constitution.

Responding to the writ petition filed by outgoing chairman Sher Bahadur Deuba and deputy chairman Purna Bahadur Khadka against the special convention of the Congress, Thapa claimed that the special convention should not be said to be against the law and statute.

The 14th convention of the Congress was held on 24 November 2078. And, it was the Thapa group’s insistence that the tenure of the officials elected from that convention ended on 23rd November, 2082.

Thapa Group has repeatedly insisted that the term of office should not be extended due to exceptional circumstances.

In such a situation, 40 percent of the delegates of the convention demanded a special convention and based on that, they claim that the convention was held. It is against this background that a special convention was held last December.

In the constitution of Nepali Congress, it is stated that the central office shall be under the General Minister and the General Minister is the one who supervises and operates it. He has said in a written reply, ‘The special convention called by the responsible officials of the Central Committee cannot be said otherwise.’

He asserted that the Central Special Convention elected officers and members of the working committee cannot be said otherwise.