Nepali Congress President and former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba claimed that the Nepali Congress (NC) has created history by discharging the crucial role for the nation sine its establishment.
It has been made possible due to unwavering honesty to the democratic values and norms and continued and undisrupted relations with the people, he further noted.
In his address to the inaugural function of the NC's Mahasamiti meeting that kicked off in Godavari, Lalitpur today, President Deuba said NC has provide leadership to the epochal tasks from series of revolution, struggle and movements for the establishment and re-establishment of democracy to the transformation of the decade-long conflict to peace.
"From the formulation of the interim constitution and the constitution to its implementation, NC has provided exemplary leadership," he said. Stating that the present Nepal Constitution was framed under the NC leadership, Deuba said the constitution has ensured a multi-party competitive federal democratic republican parliamentary system based on pluralism.
Stating that protection and meaningful implementation of the constitution was the main agenda of the day, he said the NC was firm in favour of the protection and implementation of the constitution and it was also our responsibility.
NC would take pride in its history and perform its duties and responsibly in the present and future, Deuba noted, adding the party's ideological values, policies, programmes and practices were guided by the democratic norms.
According to him, the Mahasamiti meeting has been convened as per the decision of the general convention to discuss the party's policy issues as it could not be discussed by presenting documents on policy issues due to paucity of time in the 14th general convention of the party. President Deuba said that various documents would be presented in the meeting and urged all the participants to study those issues thoroughly and put forth their views.
"Everyone has a long history of the NC's long struggle for the establishment, restoration and protection of democracy in the country. Our history is full of stories of people's rights for democracy and sacrifice, penance and sacrifice for freedom. Whenever there is a crisis in the country, the Congress has given a solution under its leadership."
Deuba said the NC has been able to establish itself as the only democratic political party at the national and international level due to its determination to never compromise with democratic values. "The alliance was formed at the initiative of the Congress to protect the constitution. Now we are in the exercise of alliance.", he noted.
Deuba went on saying, "The alliance was formed immediately on the initiative of the NC to protect the constitution. The pre-election alliance and the present government are a continuation of that. Even today, we have taken the protection of the constitution as our primary agenda. All the documents to be presented in the General Committee have mentioned this issue."
Stating that the NC has adopted a mixed election system in the constitution Deuba said although the mixed electoral system has both merits, there is little possibility of a single party getting a clear majority in the electoral system. He urged the NC to work to strengthen the party organisation so that it could get majority in all the three tiers in the coming days.
"Our party has become the largest party in the country. There is a strong organization in all the villages and communities of the country.
"We have the highest number of people's elected representatives at the federal, provincial and local levels in the last elections," Deuba said. This faith of the people should not be allowed to be broken. Congress friends should dedicate themselves to the service of the nation with high morale and confidence. There is no reason for us to bow our heads or to make our hearts small", he noted.
Vice-President Dhanraj Gurung and Assistant General Secretary Mahalaxmi Upadhya Dina said the conclave would make concrete policy decisions to steer the party to a right path.
Various groups would be formed in the meeting to discuss on different proposals of the party, NC Information, Communications and Publicity Department chief Min Biswokarma informed.
