The Nepali Congress (NC) has provided the party’s active membership to 852,711 people across the country. The membership was granted in view of the party’s upcoming General Convention scheduled on September 1 to 4.

A report submitted to party President and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba by the Active Membership Investigation Committee coordinator Ramesh Lekhak states that 443 thousand 678 have taken the new membership while 409 thousand 33 have got their membership renewed.

Now, the number of active male members in the party is 653 thousand 438 followed by 199 thousand 97 women and 176 are categorised as others.

Province-wise number of active members are as follows:

Province 1: 174,782

Province 2: 112,946

Bagamati Province: 186,143

Gandaki Province: 118,633

Lumbini Province: 130,885

Karnali Province: 54,566

Sudurpaschim Province: 74,756

The members belong to 16 to 75 years of age.

During its work, the Committee had received 46 sorts of complaints and grievances about the new members.