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Kathmandu, Jan 22: Office bearers and members of the Nepali Congress Central Working Committee elected by the Special General Convention are set to visit the party’s central office in Sanepa on Friday. General Secretary Pradeep Paudel said they will visit the party office on Friday.

A new Nepali Congress working committee under the leadership of Gagan Thapa was elected unopposed through the Special General Convention held on Jan 13.

Despite being elected party president, Gagan Thapa held the first and second meetings of the working committee at a hotel. The meeting of the parliamentary board formed to select candidates for the House of Representatives election scheduled for March 5, 2026 was also held at a hotel.

The Thapa led working committee has not yet gone to the party’s central office. Party spokesperson Devaraj Chalise said, “We will hold the Central Committee meeting at the central office tomorrow.”

According to him, only leaders currently available in Kathmandu will attend the meeting, as many leaders are outside the capital.

Party sources said the same meeting will declare Gagan Kumar Thapa as the party’s prime ministerial candidate. Other parties contesting the March 5, 2026 House of Representatives election have also announced their prime ministerial candidates. The CPN UML has named party chair KP Sharma Oli as its prime ministerial candidate. The Rastriya Swatantra Party has also announced Balendra Shah as its prime ministerial candidate.

Within the Nepali Congress, leaders including Gagan Kumar Thapa and Bishwo Prakash Sharma had called for the Special General Convention, which Sher Bahadur Deuba and his allies opposed. Although leaders from the Deuba faction said they rejected the Special General Convention, they have been filing candidacies using tickets signed by party president Gagan Thapa.

The Deuba faction, including then acting party president Purna Bahadur Khadka, also filed a writ petition at the Supreme Court demanding that the working committee elected by the Special General Convention not be granted official recognition. The Supreme Court has already refused to issue an interim order in line with their demand.

After the working committee led by Gagan Thapa was elected, some central members from the Deuba faction and leaders of the Tarun Dal had stayed at the central office, saying they would not allow others to enter.

They have now vacated the party’s central office.