The Sher Bahadur Deuba faction of the Nepali Congress on Sunday, January 18 filed a writ petition at the Supreme Court against the Election Commission’s decision to formally recognise the Gagan Thapa-led central committee.
The petition seeks to overturn the EC’s endorsement of the Thapa-led leadership, with the Deuba camp arguing that the party’s second special general convention — which elected Thapa as party president — was unconstitutional and violated internal party statutes.
The petition is slated for initial hearing on Tuesday, January 20, the court’s Information Officer, Nirajan Pandey, confirmed. Notably, nominations for the March 5 House of Representatives election under the first-past-the-post system are also set to be filed on the same day.
In the petition, the Deuba faction has requested a court order to either suspend the nomination process or set a new date if it has already been completed.
On Friday, January 16, the EC granted legitimacy to the new central committee elected at the convention. The Deuba faction promptly rejected the decision, asserting that it lacked legal and procedural validity.
Senior leaders aligned with Deuba, including Purna Bahadur Khadka, Bimalendra Nidhi, Prakash Man Singh, and Prakash Sharan Mahat, had stated they will pursue both political and legal avenues to contest the recognition of the Thapa faction.
In defiance of the previous leadership, the Thapa-Bishwa Prakash Sharma faction held the special general convention from January 11 to 14, claiming the backing of a majority of the last convention’s delegates.
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