Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Kumar Thapa said in a video message released on social media from Kathmandu on Thursday that he does not stand on any weak moral ground, alleging that a sponsored conspiracy had been hatched to raise questions about his character. Thapa rejected the suggestion that his moral standing was weak and described the effort to cast doubt on his character as a deliberate plot.
Thapa rejects claims about his moral standing
Thapa’s central message was a direct denial: he said he was not standing on weak moral ground. His statement placed his own moral standing at the heart of the response, while disputing the attempt to make his character a subject of public questioning.
The general secretary delivered the remarks in a video message shared through social media. The format allowed him to address the matter directly, rather than relying on a written statement or a report of his comments. His message was released on Thursday, and he made the statement in Kathmandu.
Allegation of a sponsored conspiracy
Alongside his denial, Thapa alleged that a sponsored conspiracy had been planned to raise questions about his character. He presented the effort as an organised attempt to create doubt, rather than as an ordinary challenge to his conduct. The available details in his message, as reported, centre on that allegation and his rejection of the claims against his moral standing.
Thapa’s remarks connect two points: he denies that his position is morally weak, and he says the questions being raised about his character are part of a sponsored effort. The statement therefore serves both as a defence of his own standing and as an accusation about the motive behind the scrutiny he says he is facing.
A public response through social media
By releasing a video message on social media, Thapa took his response directly to the public. The statement makes clear that he wants to contest the portrayal of his character and to challenge the basis on which questions about it are being raised. His comments did not, in the information available, provide further particulars about who sponsored the alleged conspiracy or how it was carried out.
The remarks add a public response from a senior Nepali Congress leader to the questions about his character that he says are being raised. Thapa’s position, as expressed in the video, is that those questions are part of a sponsored conspiracy and do not demonstrate that he stands on weak moral ground. His denial and allegation were the main points of the message released on Thursday.
Thapa’s statement did not change the focus of the dispute: whether his character should be questioned and whether the effort to do so was, as he alleges, sponsored. He rejected the challenge to his moral standing and characterised the attempt to raise such questions as a conspiracy. The video message gave his response a direct and public form, with the general secretary stating his position in his own words.
