Nepali Congress Begins 15th General Convention Today Amid Continuing Internal Dispute
Gagan Thapa Led Nepali Congress Begins 15th General Convention Today With Over 7,000 Expected Representatives Amid Continuing Dispute With Deuba Faction

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Gagan Thapa Led Nepali Congress Begins 15th General Convention Today With Over 7,000 Expected Representatives Amid Continuing Dispute With Deuba Faction

Nepali Congress faces a fresh leadership crisis as Gagan Thapa leads the Central Committee in Sanepa while Sher Bahadur Deuba returns to Nepal and is welcomed as president in Chundevi.

Nepal’s anti-graft body has begun detailed asset investigations into Bhanu Deuba, former personal secretary to Sher Bahadur Deuba, and Ganga Dahal, former personal secretary to Pushpa Kamal Dahal, along with her husband Jeevan Acharya. Investigators are reportedly examining bank accounts, land, shares, family assets and the legal sources of wealth, while stressing that an investigation does not itself establish wrongdoing.

The Supreme Court has reopened the Nepali Congress leadership dispute by allowing Sher Bahadur Deuba and Purna Bahadur Khadka to seek a review of the April 17 ruling that upheld Gagan Thapa’s leadership. Thapa remains the legally recognised party president for now, but the fresh court process has disrupted convention planning and appears to have reduced the immediate possibility of the Deuba camp breaking away to form another party.

A supplementary money laundering charge sheet says investigators found a Rs 2.60 crore transfer from a company linked to businessman Deepak Bhatta to two companies associated with Jaybir Deuba. Authorities are examining whether the payment could be connected to alleged criminal proceeds, but the inquiry remains ongoing and no court has proven the allegations.

The Department of Money Laundering Investigation has issued a seven-day summons to Jaybir Singh Deuba for questioning over alleged suspicious transactions and unusual asset growth on Monday, July 6, 2026.

Smart Telecom’s collapse has become one of Nepal’s biggest telecom controversies, raising questions over Rs 30 arba in dues, licence cancellation, asset control, bank loans and political decisions.

Nepal’s Supreme Court has issued an interim order preventing the arrest of former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba and former Foreign Minister Arzu Deuba, stating that the arrest warrant approval was issued by a court lacking proper jurisdiction under the amended money laundering law.
