A statement given to police by Inam Sapkota, who is in police custody, has stirred the Nepali Congress after it referred to financial dealings linked to party President Gagan Thapa securing the party’s official status. The matter is said to concern financial manoeuvring during Poush, while Thapa met KP amid the fallout, according to reports published by Ratopati and Nepal Press in November 2026.
What Sapkota’s statement has brought into focus
The controversy centres on claims attributed to Sapkota in a statement to police. As reported, the statement mentions financial dealings connected to Thapa’s securing of the Nepali Congress’s official status. It places the alleged manoeuvring in Poush, but the available account does not provide a specific date or further detail about the transactions.
The statement’s reported contents have caused a stir within the party because they connect a financial matter to the status of its president. The reports do not, however, establish that the claims are proven. They describe what Sapkota is said to have told police; the statement should therefore be treated as an allegation, not as a finding by investigators or a determination of wrongdoing.
The published summaries also do not specify the amount of money involved, who may have arranged or received any funds, or what precise action was taken to secure the party’s official status. No such particulars can be confirmed from the information available in the reports cited here. The central reported development is that Sapkota’s account has brought the issue into discussion within the Nepali Congress.
Gagan Thapa’s meeting with KP
Amid the party reaction, Thapa met KP, the Ratopati report said. The report’s headline links the meeting to the controversy surrounding Sapkota’s statement, but the available account does not give details of where or when the meeting took place, what the two discussed, or whether the conversation addressed the allegations directly.
The timing has nevertheless placed the meeting alongside a politically sensitive moment for the Nepali Congress. With a statement attributed to a person in police custody raising questions about financial dealings related to the party president’s official status, Thapa’s meeting became part of the same news cycle. The information provided does not establish a connection between the meeting and the alleged transactions, nor does it describe any decision or outcome from the discussion.
What is confirmed - and what remains unclear
Ratopati reported on November 3, 2026, that Sapkota’s statement had created waves in the Congress while Thapa met KP. Nepal Press also published a report on November 5, 2026, describing the case as stirring the party. Both accounts point to the same broad issue: a police statement that reportedly refers to financial manoeuvring in Poush and links it to Thapa’s securing of the party’s official status.
The available reporting does not include a response from Thapa, a detailed account from the Nepali Congress, or further information from police about the statement or any investigation. It also does not say whether the party has taken formal steps in response. Those details are important to understanding the claims, but they are not established by the accounts cited here.
For now, the issue remains a reported allegation arising from Sapkota’s statement, rather than a verified account of financial wrongdoing. Further information about the substance of the statement, any response from the people named or implicated, and any findings by authorities would be needed to clarify the matter. The reports can be read at Ratopati and Nepal Press.
