NC leaders voice to strengthen inclusive proportional representative system

KATHMANDU: The leaders of the Nepali Congress (NC) have argued that the provision of the inclusive proportional representative system stated in the constitution should not be weakened under any pretext.

At a programme organized at the NC central office in Sanepa to handover the letter of certificate to the chairperson and central committee members of Nepal Dalit Association on Sunday, the leaders said that the rumour spread by the opposition parties about limiting the proportional representative system in the time of constitution amendment was untrue.

On the occasion, NC Vice President Purna Bahadur Khadka said NC has always raised its voice for the welfare of the backward communities including the Dalit community.

Khadka stated that NC has made crucial contributions to constitute the National Dalit Commission to safeguard the rights of the Dalit community and other provisions.

Likewise, NC general secretary Gagan Kumar Thapa said NC should play the role to further systematize the aspect of all ethnic communities' representation and called for making the existing provision more robust. "We cannot even imagine to weaken the existing provision. We want to make it further systematic," Thapa added.

NC joint general secretary Jiban Pariyar said that the NC should ready its leaders from the Dalit community for the direct electoral system at all levels.

Likewise, NC spokesperson Dr Prakash Sharan Mahat stated that NC was clear in making the inclusive proportional representative system better than the existing one but a conclusion will be drawn after serious consultations on the practice.

Founding Chairperson of Association Man Bahadur Bishwakarma and former Chairperson Min Bishwakarma, NC leaders Gopalman Shrestha, Sujata Pariyar and others put forth their views at the event.

Likewise, Association's Chairperson Lok Bahadur Bishwakarma said he was committed to holding the Association's national convention on time.

The national convention of the Association has not taken place for 11 years. Recently, NC formed the 240-member ad hoc committee under the leadership of Lok Bahadur Bishwakarma with the responsibility to convene the national convention by mid-April 2025.

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