Declare Nepal a Hindu Rashtra : Demands within Nepal Congress Party

Kathmandu (Nepal) – As many as 22 Central Working Committee members of the Nepal Congress Party registered their demand for the restoration of Nepal as Hindu Rashtra. Other leaders of the party are against the inclusion of this point in the party’s policy. Former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is the President of Nepal Congress Party.

A group in Nepali Congress Party gears up to declare Nepal as Hindu Rashtra

Kathmandu (Nepal) – Around 22 office bearers of the Nepali Congress Party are putting forward the declaration. Other party members are opposing the proposal to be included in the Party’s agenda.

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— Sanatan Prabhat (@SanatanPrabhat) February 19, 2024

1. Nepal Congress’s Mahasamiti meeting is to be held at Lalitpur. 22 members of the Central Working Committee have presented a signed proposal to restore Nepal as a Hindu Rashtra; but the other members of the Central Working Committee are opposing it. Led by Nepali Congress lawmaker and central committee member Shankar Bhandari, the campaign aims to discuss the restoration of what they call Vedic Sanatan Hindu Rashtra in the upcoming Mahasamiti meeting, the highest policy-making body of the party. 81% of the population in Nepal is Hindu.

Former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba is the President of Nepal Congress

A group in Nepali Congress gears up to raise the Hindu state agenda at Mahasamiti meetinghttps://t.co/gdOEJsTRrY

— The Kathmandu Post (@kathmandupost) February 18, 2024

2. As per the party statute, the Mahasaminti meeting should convene every year but the Congress, citing various reasons, has been deferring it ever since the 14^th general convention that was held in December 2021. November 2023 saw huge demonstrations in Nepal for the restoration of Nepal as a Hindu Rashtra. According to an article in the ‘Kathmandu Post’, the support for Former King Gyanendra Shah is increasing among the people. Hence, many political parties are supporting the restoration of Nepal as a Hindu Rashtra, such that they may benefit and increase their vote bank.