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== Electoral performance ==
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=== Nepalese legislative elections ===
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== NProvincial assembly elections ==
== Presence in various provinces ==
As of the [[Nepalese provincial elections, 2017|2017 provincial elections]], Nepali Congress is the major opposition in all the provinces.
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[[File:Sher Bahadur Deuba.jpg|thumb|175x175px|[[Sher Bahadur Deuba]]: current party president and former [[Prime Minister of Nepal|Prime Minister]].]]
[[File:Sher Bahadur Deuba.jpg|thumb|175x175px|[[Sher Bahadur Deuba]]: current party president and former [[Prime Minister of Nepal|Prime Minister]].]]


=== Presidents of the Nepali Congress ===
=== Presidents===
* [[Matrika Prasad Koirala]], 1950-1952
* [[Matrika Prasad Koirala]], 1950-1952
* [[Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala]], 1952-1956, 1957-1982
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* [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]], 2016-present
* [[Sher Bahadur Deuba]], 2016-present


== List of Prime Ministers ==
=== Prime Ministers of Nepal ===
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Revision as of 06:27, 18 May 2018

Nepali Congress
नेपाली काँग्रेस
AbbreviationNC
PresidentSher Bahadur Deuba
General SecretaryDr. Shashank Koirala
Sita Devi Yadav [1]
SpokespersonBishwa Prakash Sharma[2]
Founded9 April 1950; 74 years ago (1950-04-09)
Merger ofNepali National Congress
Nepal Democratic Congress
HeadquartersB.P. Smriti Bhawan, B.P. Nagar, Lalitpur, Nepal[3]
Student wingNepal Student Union
Youth wingNepal Tarun Dal
Women's wingNepal Woman Association
IdeologySocial democracy
Third Way
Historical:
Democratic socialism[4]
Political positionCentre[5] to centre-left
International affiliationSocialist International
Progressive Alliance
Colours 
House of Representatives
63 / 275
Seats in Rastriya Sabha
13 / 59
Election symbol
File:Nepali Congress Election Symbol.png
Website
www.nepalicongress.org

The Nepali Congress (Nepali: नेपाली कांग्रेस; NC) is a social-democratic political party in Nepal. It is the current largest opposition party in the House of Representatives and the National Assembly.[6]

The party was formed in 1950 by the merger of Nepali National Congress and Nepal Democratic Congress.[7] Nepali Congress prime ministers led four governments between the fall of the Rana dynasty and the start of the Panchayat era, including the first democratically elected government of Nepal in 1959.

In the most recent elections in 2017, the NC emerged as the second largest party in the House of Representatives, winning 63 out of 275 seats.

History

In 1947, Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala, published an appeal for an unified struggle of Nepali People against the Rana regime, which had created a positive impact. The same year, some Nepalese got together in Benaras and formed an organization by the name अखिल भारतीय नेपाली राष्ट्रिय कांग्रेस where an ad-hoc committee was also established. Devi Prasad Devkota was made its Chairman. Balchandra Sharma was its Vice-President, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai its General Secretary, Gopal Prasad Bhattarai its Publicity Minister and in its Working Committee were Batuk Prasad Bhattarai, Narayan Prasad Bhattarai, Narendra Regmi, and others. Its coordinator was Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala. Around the same time, few Nepalese located in Calcutta formed another organization by the name अखिल भारतीय गर्खा कांग्रेस whose Chairman was Dharma Narayan Pradhan.

Formation of Nepali National Congress

Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala traveled extensively to places such as Benaras, Calcutta, Darjeeling, Assam, Bhaksu, Dehradhun, etc., and established contact with the Nepalese there. He also met with Ganesh Man Singh during the same period. In January of the same year, one session was organized in Calcutta with Nepalese representatives of different areas of Nepal and India. Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala, Dilli Raman Regmi Dharma Narayan Pradhan and Dhan Man Singh Pariyar were also present in the session. In the same session, dropping the Akhil Bharatiya, from its name, the organization was named 'Nepali National Congress'. Tanka Prasad Acharya, who was facing life-sentence in Kathmandu, was made its Chairman.

The flag was decided to be square-shaped with white, blue and red colors in succession, with the moon and the sun in its center.

The major four proposals passed by the session were:

  1. The Nepalese to assist the Indians in its Independence movement.
  2. Support of the Vietnamese citizens struggling for freedom against French colonization.
  3. Ask for the immediate release of imprisoned members of the Praja Parishad
  4. Initiate a Non-Violence movement in Nepal for the establishment of an accountable ruling system. [8]

Further, the organization's modus operandi was also decided upon. Firstly, the movement was to be Non-Violent in nature. Secondly, Indian Independence would be supported. Thirdly, it expressed its relation to other Freedom movements of Asia. Fourthly, the organization attached itself with the Civil conscience process in Nepal by establishing Tanka Prasad Acharya as its Chairman. [8]

Nepali Congress

The Nepali Congress Party was formed by the merger of Nepali National Congress and Nepal Democratic Congress. The Nepali National Congress had been founded by Matrika Prasad Koirala in Calcutta, India on January 25, 1946. The Nepal Democratic Congress was founded by Subarna Shumsher Rana in Calcutta on August 4, 1948. The two parties merged on April 10, 1950 to form the Nepali Congress and Matrika Prasad Koirala became its first president.[9] The party called for an armed revolution against the fascist Rana regime.

During the Bairgania Conference in Bairgania, Bihar, on September 27, 1950 the Nepali Congress announced an armed revolution against the Rana regime. The president of the party also announced the "liquidation" of operations in India and that the party would function only inside Nepal henceforth.[10]

After King Tribhuvan decided to take refuge inside the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu on November 6, 1950, the Congress Liberation Army decided to take this opportunity to launch attacks against the regime before the King "left Nepalese soil". The party president Matrika Prasad Koirala, Bisheshwor Prasad Koirala and Subarna Shamsher Rana flew to Purnia, Bihar. They called the commanders posted at different strategic locations inside Nepal there to prepare for armed strikes in important places near the Nepal-India border.[10]

On November 11, 1950 at midnight Birgunj was attacked and by November 12 it fell to the Nepali Congress and the first "People's Government" was declared.[10] The liberation army was able to control most of the eastern hills of Nepal and the town of Tansen in Palpa. After pressure by the Indian government and the mass movement by the Nepali Congress and other political parties, the Rana government finally submitted to their demands and King Tribhuvan returned to the throne replacing King Gyanendra, who had been crowned king after King Tribhuvan had left for India.

Nepali Congress leaders meeting King Tribhuvan

Transitional government, 1951-1959

After the fall of the Rana government, the Nepali Congress led three of the five governments formed before the elections. Matrika Prasad Koirala, the first commoner to become Prime Minister of Nepal, led the government from 1951-1952 and from 1953-1955 and Subarna Shamsher Rana led the government from 1958-1959. The much delayed elections were finally held in February 1959 and Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala became the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Nepal after the Nepali Congress won 74 of 109 seats to the Parliament of Nepal.[11]

Panchayat government, 1960-1990

Following a royal coup by King Mahendra in 1960, many leaders of party, including Prime Minister Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala, Deputy Prime Minister Subarna Shamsher Rana, and General Secretary Hora Prasad Joshi, were imprisoned or exiled; others took political refuge in India.

Although political parties were prohibited from 1960 to 1989 and continued to be outlawed during the panchayat system under the aegis of the Associations and Organizations (Control) Act of 1963, the Nepali Congress persisted. The party placed great emphasis on eliminating the feudal economy and building a basis for socioeconomic development. It proposed nationalizing basic industries and instituting progressive taxes on land, urban housing, salaries, profits and foreign investments. While in exile, the Nepali Congress served as the nucleus around which other opposition groups clustered and even instigated popular uprisings in the Hill and Terai regions. During this time, the Nepali Congress refused the overtures of a radical faction of the Communist Party of Nepal for a tactical alliance.

Although the Nepali Congress demonstrated its endurance, it was weakened over time by defection, factionalism, and external pressures. Nevertheless, it continued to be the only organized party to press for democratization. In the 1980 referendum, it supported the multiparty system in opposition to the panchayat system. In 1981 the party boycotted the Rashtriya Panchayat elections and rejected the new government. The death in 1982 of Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala, who had consistently advocated constitutional reforms and a broad-based policy of national reconciliation, further weakened the party.

Although the party also boycotted the 1986 elections to the Rastriya Panchayat, its members were allowed to run in the 1987 local elections. In defiance of the ban on demonstrations, the Nepali Congress organized mass rallies together with the different communist factions in January 1990 that ultimately triggered the pro-democracy movement.

Post-Panchayat government, 1991-2002

After the Jana Andolan I, party president Krishna Prasad Bhattarai was invited to form an interim coalition government. In elections of 1991, the Nepali Congress won 110 of 205 seats but the party president, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, lost his seat and yielded the position of Prime Minister to Girija Prasad Koirala who held his seat until 1994.[12]

During the 1994 elections, the Nepali Congress lost its majority to Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist). The CPN (UML) did not have enough seats for a majority and formed a minority government. After 46 parliamentarians from the CPN (UML) quit to form the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist), the Nepali Congress formed their own government with the Rastriya Prajatantra Party and Nepal Sadbhawana Party. After CPN (UML) offered Lokendra Bahadur Chand the position of Prime Minister, the Rastriya Prajatantra Party led a government with the CPN (UML). Internal problems within the Rastriya Prajatantra Party caused one faction led by Surya Bahadur Thapa to lead a government with Nepali Congress and Nepal Sadbhawana Party. [11][12]

Girija Prasad Koirala became the Prime Minister for a second time in April 1998 leading a Congress minority government after the Rastriya Prajatantra Party and Nepal Sadbhawana Party quit the government. Eventually they got support from the Communist Party of Nepal (Marxist–Leninist) and after their withdrawal the CPN (UML) and Nepal Sadbhawana Party.[11][12]

Krishna Prasad Bhattarai: former party president and Prime Minister of Nepal

During the 1999 elections, Girija Prasad Koirala stepped aside in favour of Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, who reurned as Prime Minister of Nepal when the Nepali Congress won 111 out of 205 seats in the House of Representatives. Bhattarai resigned as Prime Minister on March 16, 2000 after conflicts between himself and supporters of Girija Prasad Koirala within the party. In the party's first open leadership election, the parliamentarians selected Girija Prasad Koirala as their leader by a 69-43 vote over Sher Bahadur Deuba. Accordingly, King Birendra redesignated Girija Prasad Koirala as Prime Minister on March 20.[11][12]

On August 8, 2000, Koirala dismissed the Minister of Water Resources, Khum Bahadur Khadka, for calling for Koirala’s resignation. Although Koirala beat back another challenge by Deuba’s supporters at a party convention in January 2001, he resigned as Prime Minister on July 19. Deuba then defeated Secretary General Sushil Koirala, 72–40, for the party leadership and was designated Prime Minister by the king.[11][12]

In the May 2002 the party's disciplinary committee expelled Deuba for failing to consult the party before seeking parliamentary extension of the country’s state of emergency. Deuba’s supporters then expelled Koirala at a general convention in June 16–19. Deuba registered his faction as the Nepali Congress (Democratic)[13], following a decision by the Election Commission that the Koirala faction held ownership of the name “Nepali Congress,” taking 40 of the party's lower house representatives with him.[12]

King Gyanendra's rule, 2002-2006

In the months following the King’s October 2002 decisions to dissolve the House of Representatives and replace Prime Minister Deuba with the Rastriya Prajatantra Party’s Lokendra Bahadur Chand, the party joined the CPN (UML) and other, smaller parties in challenging the constitutionality of the moves. The party played a significant role in the formation of the Seven Party Alliance (SPA), which launched a series of street protests against the King's regression. The Seven Party Alliance which had earlier steered clear of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and their violent methods, signed a 12-point understanding in Delhi in November 2005. The agreement contained three key commitments: first, the SPA endorsed the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) fundamental demand for elections to a Constituent Assembly; second, the Maoists reciprocated with an assurance that they accepted a multi-party political system, the prime concern of the SPA; third, the SPA and the Maoists agreed to launch a peaceful mass movement against the monarchy.[11]

Constituent Assembly, 2006-2015

On April 26, 2006 the dissolved parliament was reinstated by the King and a small government was formed under the premiership of Girija Prasad Koirala, the president of the Nepali Congress. A Comprehensive Peace Accord was signed between the government and the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) in India on November 2006 and the Nepalese Civil War formally ended.[12]

On 24 September 2007, Nepali Congress (Democratic) and Nepali Congress unified as a single party with the Constituent Assembly elections looming. Girija Prasad Koirala remained the president of the newly unified party. The party placed second—with 110 out of 575 elected seats—in the April 2008 Constituent Assembly election, winning only half as many seats as the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist).[12]

The party joined the coalition government headed by Madhav Kumar Nepal in May 2009. Girija Prasad Koirala angered some in the party by nominating his daughter Sujata Koirala for the post of Foreign Minister. In June, in a contested election for leader of the party’s parliamentary group, Ram Chandra Poudel defeated former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba.[12] The 12th General Convention of the party was held in Kathmandu from September 17–21, 2010. The convention elected Sushil Koirala as the party president.[14]

After the Constituent Assembly of Nepal was dissolved by Prime Minister Baburam Bhattarai after failure to draft a new constitution before the deadline.[15] In the resulting elections, the party emerged as the largest party winning 196 of the 575 elected seats.[16] A new coalition government was formed with the CPN (UML), under the leadership of Sushil Koirala.[17] The country's new constitution was promulgated under his leadership on September 20, 2015.[18]

Recent developments, 2015-present

Sushil Koirala resigned as Prime Minister on 10 October 2015 after losing support from the CPN (UML) .[19] The Nepali Congress joined the government again on August 2016, after backing Pushpa Kamal Dahal to become prime minister after an agreement between the two parties.[20] According to their agreement, Pushpa Kamal Dahal resigned on May 24, 2017[21] paving the way for Sher Bahadur Deuba to become prime minister for a fourth time on June 6, 2017.[22]

On 22 April 2017, the Akhanda Nepal Party joined the Nepali Congress ahead of the 2017 Nepalese local elections.[23][24] In the 2017 local elections, Nepali Congress won 11,456 seats including 266 mayoral or chairman positions. The party also won mayor posts in Lalitpur and Biratnagar.[25][26] Ahead of the 2017 legislative and provincial elections, Nepal Loktantrik Forum led by former Nepali Congress leader, Bijay Kumar Gachhadar merged into the party.[27] The party won 63 seats to the House of Representatives becoming the second largest party.[28] The party could win only 23 seats under first past the post and many influential leaders including Ram Chandra Paudel, Ram Sharan Mahat, Bimalendra Nidhi, Krishna Prasad Sitaula and Arjun Narsingh KC lost in their constituencies.[29][30] The party also won 113 seats to provincial assemblies and became the largest opposition in six out of seven provinces. The party also won 13 seats in the 2018 National Assembly election.[31] After the successful conclusion of the National Assembly elections, Sher Bahadur Deuba resigned as prime minister on 15 February 2018, paving the way for the formation of a new government under the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist).[32] The party's under performance in the elections caused many elements inside the party to call for president Sher Bahadur Deuba's resignation.[33] Prakash Man Singh also stood against Sher Bahadur Deuba for the election of the provincial party leader, but Sher Bahadur Deuba won the vote 44-19.[34][35][36]

Ideology

The party was founded on the principle of democracy and socialism. In 1956 the party adopted democratic socialism as its ideology for socio-economic transformation.[7] In the 1980s, the Nepali Congress Party abandoned its socialistic economic program in favor of a mixed economy, privatization, and a market economy in certain sectors. Its foreign policy orientation was to nonalignment and good relations with India.[37]

Electoral performance

Nepalese legislative elections

Election Leader Votes Seats Position Resulting government
# % # +/-
1959 Matrika Prasad Koirala 666,898 37.2
74 / 109
 1st Congress
1991 Krishna Prasad Bhattarai 2,742,452 37.75
110 / 205
 Increase 36 Steady 1st Congress
1994 Girija Prasad Koirala 2,545,287 33.38
83 / 205
 Decrease 27 Decrease 2nd CPN (UML) minority
1999 Krishna Prasad Bhattarai 3,214,068 37.29
111 / 205
 Increase 28 Increase 1st Congress
2008 Girija Prasad Koirala 2,348,890 22.79
115 / 575
 Increase 4 Decrease 2nd CPN (Maoist)–CPN (UML)–MJFN
2013 Sushil Koirala 2,694,983 29.80
196 / 575
 Increase 81 Increase 1st Congress–CPN (UML)–RPP
2017 Sher Bahadur Deuba 3,128,389 32.78
63 / 275
 Decrease 133 Decrease 2nd CPN (UML)-CPN (Maoist Centre)-FSFN

NProvincial assembly elections

As of the 2017 provincial elections, Nepali Congress is the major opposition in all the provinces.

Year Province No. 1 Province No. 2 Province No. 3 Province No. 4 Province No. 5 Karnali Province No. 7
2017
21 / 93
19 / 107
21 / 110
15 / 60
19 / 87
5 / 40
12 / 53

Leadership

Sher Bahadur Deuba: current party president and former Prime Minister.

Presidents

Prime Ministers of Nepal

Name Portrait Terms in office
Matrika Prasad Koirala 1951-1952, 1953-1955
Subarna Shamsher Rana 1958-1959
Bishweshwar Prasad Koirala 1959-1960
Krishna Prasad Bhattarai 1990-1991, 1999-2000
Girija Prasad Koirala 1991-1994, 1998-1999, 2000-2001, 2006-2008
Sher Bahadur Deuba 1995-1997, 2001-2002, 2017-2018
Sushil Koirala 2014-2015

Sister organizations

Part of a series on
Nepali Congress
Ideology
History
Sister Organizations

According to the website of Nepali Congress, the following are its sister organizations.[38]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Central Working Committee". Nepali Congress. Retrieved 19 April 2018.
  3. ^ "Contacts". Nepali Congress. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
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  21. ^ PTI (2017-05-24). "Nepal PM resigns ahead of final round of local elections". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
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  23. ^ RASTRIYA SAMACHAR SAMITI. "Akhanda Nepal Party Samanantar joins Nepali Congress". The Himalayan Times. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
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  26. ^ "NC wins mayor, deputy mayor in Lalitpur metro". Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  27. ^ "Gachhadar's Nepal Loktantrik Forum merges with Nepali Congress". https://www.outlookindia.com/. Retrieved 2018-04-19. {{cite news}}: External link in |work= (help)
  28. ^ "Landslide win for Nepal's Reds - Watching The World | The Star Online". www.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
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  34. ^ "Prakash Man Singh: Determined to change party leadership if no improvement – OnlineKhabar". english.onlinekhabar.com. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
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  36. ^ "Deuba elected NC PP leader". Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  37. ^ Subho., Basu, (2010). Paradise lost? : state failure in Nepal. Lexington Books. ISBN 9780739146644. OCLC 670122356.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  38. ^ www.nepalicongress.org. "NepaliCongress.org- Nepali Congress Official website | Political party of Nepal". nepalicongress.org. Retrieved 2017-06-25.
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