Nepali Congress (NC) General Secretary Gagan Kumar Thapa asserted that the special general convention (SGC) was called in a bid to address public disenchantment. 

Addressing the two-day SGC that kicked off in the federal capital, Kathmandu on Sunday at the call of SCG supporters, General Secretary Thapa stated that the political parties should address the public resentment demonstrated during the Gen Z movement last September. 

Thapa said, "The public, during that uprising, vented their ire on the government in which the Nepali Congress was the partner. The new generation is angry due to corruption, misgovernance and anomalies. They are angry, hurt and dissatisfied with the rule of 'Nepo babies' in the republican system introduced by abolishing the monarchy."

In this light, he added the SGC has been summoned to listen to and address those voices. According to him, summoning the SGC at the initiatives of the General-Secretaries duo of the party may seem to emerge due to power struggle within the party, but, it is rather meant to be a struggle of ideologies and norms and values. 

"It was imperative to ponder the resentment and dissatisfaction expressed by thousands of men and women taking to the streets in the name of the Gen Z movement. In view of such an incident, Democratic Party like Nepali Congress does not have the luxury to overlook it and term it a normal incident," Thapa reminded.

Referring to the absence of party President and Acting President in the SGC, the General Secretary regretted that their wish to see the presence of the party leadership in the SGC remained unfulfilled. It may be noted that the leaders in the faction led by party President Sher Bahadur Deuba have snubbed the SGC and therefore have remained absent in the SGC. 

NC is the national power, he observed, it is therefore the NC's responsibility to seek resolutions to the national issues. "We must continue to uphold the confidence of the public. The Nepali Congress has a long history of successfully earning and maintaining public trust since democratic movement of 2007 BS," he mentioned. 

In order to ignite hope among new youths, creation of an environment where youths are retained within the country is essential, according to him. 

During his address, Thapa pledged adherence to the decisions made by the SGC representatives. 

He clarified that according to the party statute, no one is greater than the general convention and thus viewed that the SGC should be concluded by making it special as its name suggests.