"Regular Session"

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11 January 2026

Bishwa Prakash Sharma, General Secretary of the Nepali Congress, addresses the inaugural session of the special convention in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 11, 2026. The two-day event is organized with the active involvement of General Secretaries Gagan Kumar Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma. The acting party president and other senior party members abstain from the opening ceremony, protesting against it. The second special general convention, called by Thapa and Sharma, is held against the backdrop of a deepening intra-party dispute. The establishment faction, led by party president Sher Bahadur Deuba, opposes the convention, arguing it could split the party, and instead pushes for the regular general convention scheduled for May. Thapa and Sharma maintain that the convention is demanded by 2,488 elected representatives, more than 54 percent of the total. Leaders backing the convention say over 60 percent of elected delegates are participating. The Congress statute has a provision that makes it mandatory for the party leadership to call a special general convention if at least 40 percent of the party's elected general convention representatives demand it. A petition signed by 53 percent of the Nepali Congress general convention representatives is submitted at the party headquarters in mid-October, seeking a special general convention and election of a new leadership.

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#13181849

11 January 2026

Gagan Thapa, General Secretary of the Nepali Congress, addresses the inaugural session of the special convention in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 11, 2026. The two-day event is organized with the active involvement of General Secretaries Gagan Kumar Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma. The acting party president and other senior party members abstain from the opening ceremony, protesting against it. The second special general convention, called by Thapa and Sharma, is held against the backdrop of a deepening intra-party dispute. The establishment faction led by party president Sher Bahadur Deuba opposes the convention, arguing it could split the party, and instead pushes for the regular general convention scheduled for May. Thapa and Sharma maintain that the convention is demanded by 2,488 elected representatives, more than 54 percent of the total. Leaders backing the convention say over 60 percent of elected delegates are participating. The Congress statute has a provision that makes it mandatory for the party leadership to call a special general convention if at least 40 percent of the party's elected general convention representatives demand it. A petition signed by 53 percent of the Nepali Congress general convention representatives is submitted at the party headquarters in mid-October, seeking a special general convention and election of a new leadership.

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#13181850

11 January 2026

Gagan Thapa, General Secretary of the Nepali Congress, addresses the inaugural session of the special convention in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 11, 2026. The two-day event is organized with the active involvement of General Secretaries Gagan Kumar Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma. The acting party president and other senior party members abstain from the opening ceremony, protesting against it. The second special general convention, called by Thapa and Sharma, is held against the backdrop of a deepening intra-party dispute. The establishment faction led by party president Sher Bahadur Deuba opposes the convention, arguing it could split the party, and instead pushes for the regular general convention scheduled for May. Thapa and Sharma maintain that the convention is demanded by 2,488 elected representatives, more than 54 percent of the total. Leaders backing the convention say over 60 percent of elected delegates are participating. The Congress statute has a provision that makes it mandatory for the party leadership to call a special general convention if at least 40 percent of the party's elected general convention representatives demand it. A petition signed by 53 percent of the Nepali Congress general convention representatives is submitted at the party headquarters in mid-October, seeking a special general convention and election of a new leadership.

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#13181851

11 January 2026

Gagan Thapa, General Secretary of the Nepali Congress, addresses the inaugural session of the special convention in Kathmandu, Nepal, on January 11, 2026. The two-day event is organized with the active involvement of General Secretaries Gagan Kumar Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma. The acting party president and other senior party members abstain from the opening ceremony, protesting against it. The second special general convention, called by Thapa and Sharma, is held against the backdrop of a deepening intra-party dispute. The establishment faction led by party president Sher Bahadur Deuba opposes the convention, arguing it could split the party, and instead pushes for the regular general convention scheduled for May. Thapa and Sharma maintain that the convention is demanded by 2,488 elected representatives, more than 54 percent of the total. Leaders backing the convention say over 60 percent of elected delegates are participating. The Congress statute has a provision that makes it mandatory for the party leadership to call a special general convention if at least 40 percent of the party's elected general convention representatives demand it. A petition signed by 53 percent of the Nepali Congress general convention representatives is submitted at the party headquarters in mid-October, seeking a special general convention and election of a new leadership.

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22 October 2025

Hugo Aguilar Ortiz attends the session of Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice at the National Headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 20, 2025.

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22 October 2025

Hugo Aguilar Ortiz attends the session of Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice at the National Headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 20, 2025.

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22 October 2025

Yasmin Esquivel Mossa attends the session of Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice at the National Headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 20, 2025.

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22 October 2025

Sara Herrerias Guerra attends the session of Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice at the National Headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 20, 2025.

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22 October 2025

Yasmin Esquivel Mossa attends the session of Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice at the National Headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 20, 2025.

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22 October 2025

Yasmin Esquivel Mossa attends the session of Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice at the National Headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 20, 2025.

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#12892270

22 October 2025

Justice Giovanni Figueroa Mejia attends the session of Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice at the National Headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 20, 2025.

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#12892273

22 October 2025

Aristides Guerrero Garcia, Giovanni Figueroa Mejia, and Lelia Batres Guadarrama attend the session of Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice at the National Headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 20, 2025.

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#12892275

22 October 2025

Maria Estela Rios Gonzalez attends the session of Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice at the National Headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 20, 2025.

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#12892279

22 October 2025

Maria Estela Rios Gonzalez attends the session of Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice at the National Headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 20, 2025.

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#12892280

22 October 2025

Yasmin Esquivel Mossa, Maria Estela Rios Gonzalez, and Irving Espinosa attend the session of Mexico's Supreme Court of Justice at the National Headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 20, 2025.

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#12868485

16 October 2025

Senate President Laura Itzel Castillo Juarez attends the regular session for Mexico's Minister of Economy Marcelo Ebrard's appearance at the Mexican Senate in Mexico City, Mexico, on October 15, 2025.

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