The newly elected office bearers and central committee members of the Nepali Congress formally assumed responsibility for running the party after taking the oath of office and secrecy at its central office in Sanepa, Lalitpur, on Thursday. The ceremony began at 2 pm at BP Smriti Bhavan, where party president Gagan Kumar Thapa administered the oath to the remaining office bearers and central members and distributed their certificates. Thapa had already taken his oath on Asoj 31, before Dashain.
Ceremony at BP Smriti Bhavan
The event completed the swearing-in process for the party leadership elected at the Nepali Congress’s 15th general convention. While Thapa had been sworn in earlier, the other elected office bearers and central members took their oaths together at the Thursday ceremony. Certificates were also distributed to those taking office.
The oath covered both office and secrecy, marking the formal start of the elected team’s responsibilities. The ceremony took place at the party’s central office in Sanepa, Lalitpur, with Thapa administering the oath. The event followed the election of the new central committee at the party convention, held from Asoj 18 to 23.
With the remaining members sworn in, the party’s new central committee formally took charge of running the Nepali Congress. The timing also established a clear transition from the convention, where the leadership was elected, to the committee’s work as the party’s governing body.
New committee’s first meeting scheduled
The newly constituted central committee is scheduled to hold its first meeting on Friday, Kattik 13. The meeting will be the first gathering of the committee after the oath ceremony and formal assumption of responsibility. No further details about the meeting’s agenda were provided in the information available.
The sequence of events places the oath ceremony between the party’s general convention and the committee’s first scheduled meeting. Members elected during the convention were sworn in on Thursday, with the committee due to meet the following day. Thapa’s earlier oath on Asoj 31 had already formalized his role as party president before the rest of the team completed the process.
Transition from convention to party leadership
The Nepali Congress’s 15th general convention took place from Asoj 18 to 23 and elected the office bearers and central members who now make up the new committee. The Thursday ceremony provided the formal step needed for those elected members to take up their roles. The distribution of certificates accompanied the oaths, confirming the completion of the proceedings described by the party.
The party leadership transition therefore unfolded in stages: the convention elected the new team, Thapa took his oath before Dashain, and the remaining office bearers and central members were sworn in at BP Smriti Bhavan on Thursday. With those steps completed, the committee is set to begin its work with a first meeting scheduled for Friday, Kattik 13.
