The Sher Bahadur Deuba faction of the Nepali Congress has decided that party-elected local office bearers and members of provincial and federal legislatures will automatically become delegates to the party’s 15th general convention from their respective constituencies. Central election committee coordinator Egaraj Pokharel informed that the decision covers locally elected office bearers, Provincial Assembly members, members of the House of Representatives and National Assembly members. The faction communicated the decision through a letter, according to reports.
Who will become delegates
The decision identifies several categories of elected representatives who will be included as convention delegates. These are:
- Locally elected office bearers
- Members of provincial assemblies
- Members of the House of Representatives
- Members of the National Assembly
The representatives will become delegates from their respective constituencies, according to the information provided by Pokharel. The arrangement therefore links delegate status to the constituency represented by each elected party member, rather than requiring the individuals covered by the decision to be selected separately for that role.
The reports describe the local representatives as including mayors and deputy mayors. Alongside them, the decision covers parliamentarians at both provincial and federal levels. The named categories span elected positions in local government and membership of the country’s legislative bodies. The announcement does not specify a separate selection process for these representatives, instead describing them as automatic delegates.
Decision communicated by letter
Pokharel, the coordinator of the Nepali Congress central election committee, informed that the elected representatives would be included as delegates. The decision was communicated through a letter from the Deuba faction. The information is therefore presented as a decision of that faction concerning representation at the party’s 15th general convention.
The distinction is important: the reported decision comes from the Deuba faction, and the available information does not establish whether it has been adopted as a rule by the Nepali Congress as a whole. Nor does it set out how the decision will be applied alongside any other delegate-selection arrangements. The announcement, as reported, is limited to the listed categories of elected representatives and their status as delegates from their respective constituencies.
What the arrangement means for the convention
By making these elected representatives automatic delegates, the faction’s decision gives them a defined place in the delegation for the 15th general convention. It brings together local office holders and members of provincial and federal legislatures under the same stated arrangement. Their participation will be tied to the constituencies they represent, as described by the central election committee coordinator.
The decision concerns who will represent constituencies at the convention; the information provided does not describe the convention’s broader agenda, the total number of delegates, or the date and venue of the gathering. It also does not explain whether additional categories of party members will qualify as delegates under other provisions. Those details are not included in the faction’s reported communication.
For now, the central point is that the Deuba faction has identified party-elected representatives at local, provincial and federal levels as automatic delegates to the Nepali Congress’s 15th general convention. The decision was conveyed by letter and confirmed by Pokharel. It applies to the representatives named in the announcement, who are to attend as delegates from their respective constituencies.
