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Two Congress Parties United and Espouse Republican Policy
By KTM Metro Reporter
On September 25, 2007, Interim Prime Minister and President of Nepali Congress, Girija Prasad Koirala and Former Prime Minister and President of Nepali Congress - Democratic, Sher Bahadur Deuba signed off the document merging the two parties into a single party. The then Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba had split the Nepali Congress into Nepali Congress-Democratic fiver years ago.
The unification has been vertical. It is visible even from outside, as they have maintained the identity of leaders at all levels of the party organization. If they continued to maintain such identities it would be a mechanical unity as some of the leaders of both the Congresses say. It seems that the merger of these two main parties have been under compulsion rather than the desire for uniting the democratic forces. Probably, it is done under the pressure of the international community. Twenty-four district leaders have refused to accept the position of the District President of the NC indicates that the two parties have to go a long way before their hearts and souls merged together as did the physical bodies.
On September 26, 2007, the Maha Samiti (Largest Committee) Meeting passed the resolution in favor of the inclusive federal democratic republic as the party’s agenda for the election for a constituent assembly believing that the monarchy and democracy cannot go together. It has paved the way for the Nepali Congress to declare Nepal a republic.
One of the founding fathers of the Nepali Congress, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai severed his relation with the party protesting the adoption of the republican policy by the Maha Samiti indicating that the king has some holds in the party. However, the NC leaders said that Krishna Prasad Bhattarai has been a deadwood, probably he has no idea of the changing political climate, and his revolt would not count in the party policy.
http://www.gorkhapatra.org.np/content.php?nid=27577
