"October session"

#13181848

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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#13012030

22 November 2025

In Paris, France, on October 19, 2025, France's President of the Senate, Gerard Larcher, calls for one minute of silence to mark the passing of Medhi Kesaci before the weekly session of questions to the government at the Senate.

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#13012031

22 November 2025

Former Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau returns to work at the Senate for the session of questions to the government in Paris, France, on October 19, 2025.

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#13012032

22 November 2025

Senator Stephane Sutarel attends the session of questions to the government at the Senate in Paris, France, on October 19, 2025.

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#13012033

22 November 2025

Senator of Guyana, Georges Patient, asks a question to the government about the drilling of oil in Guyana during the session of questions to the government at the Senate in Paris, France, on October 19, 2025.

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#13012034

22 November 2025

Senator of French Guyana Georges Patient asks a question to the government about the drilling of oil in French Guyana during the session of questions to the government at the Senate in Paris, France, on October 19, 2025.

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#13012035

22 November 2025

Senator of French Guyana Georges Patient asks a question to the government about the drilling of oil in French Guyana during the session of questions to the government at the Senate in Paris, France, on October 19, 2025.

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#13012036

22 November 2025

Senator Jean-Yves Roux attends the session of questions to the government at the Senate in Paris, France, on October 19, 2025.

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#13012037

22 November 2025

Senator Marie-Arlette Carlotti asks a question to the government about the murder of Medhi Kessaci in Marseille during the session of questions to the government at the Senate in Paris, France, on October 19, 2025.

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#13012038

22 November 2025

Senator Paulette Matray asks a question to the government during the session of questions to the government at the Senate in Paris, France, on October 19, 2025.

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#13012039

22 November 2025

Senator Annick Jacquemet attends the session of questions to the government at the Senate in Paris, France, on October 19, 2025.

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#13012040

22 November 2025

The session of questions to the government takes place at the Senate in Paris, France, on October 19, 2025.

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#12976338

10 November 2025

Philippe Tabarot, Minister of Transport, is seen at the end of the Council of Ministers of the French government at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, France, on October 11, 2025.

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