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10 January 2026

Acting Nepali Congress President Purna Bahadur Khadka (center) attends the emergency Central Working Committee meeting in Lalitpur, Nepal, on January 10, 2026. Nepali Congress calls an emergency meeting of its Central Working Committee amid growing internal political developments within the party. Office bearers, central committee members, invited members, and presidents of all seven provincial committees attend the meeting. The emergency meeting is called after the faction led by General Secretaries Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma refuses to withdraw preparations for the special general convention scheduled for January 11 and 12, citing the demand of 54 percent of the party's general convention representatives.

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10 January 2026

Acting Nepali Congress President Purna Bahadur Khadka (center) attends the emergency Central Working Committee meeting in Lalitpur, Nepal, on January 10, 2026. Nepali Congress calls an emergency meeting of its Central Working Committee amid growing internal political developments within the party. Office bearers, central committee members, invited members, and presidents of all seven provincial committees attend the meeting. The emergency meeting is called after the faction led by General Secretaries Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma refuses to withdraw preparations for the special general convention scheduled for January 11 and 12, citing the demand of 54 percent of the party's general convention representatives.

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10 January 2026

Nepali Congress leaders attend the emergency Central Working Committee meeting in Lalitpur, Nepal, on January 10, 2026. Nepali Congress calls an emergency meeting of its Central Working Committee amid growing internal political developments within the party. Office bearers, central committee members, invited members, and presidents of all seven provincial committees attend the meeting. The emergency meeting is called after the faction led by General Secretaries Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma refuses to withdraw preparations for the special general convention scheduled for January 11 and 12, citing the demand of 54 percent of the party's general convention representatives.

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10 January 2026

Nepali Congress leaders attend the emergency Central Working Committee meeting in Lalitpur, Nepal, on January 10, 2026. Nepali Congress calls an emergency meeting of its Central Working Committee amid growing internal political developments within the party. Office bearers, central committee members, invited members, and presidents of all seven provincial committees attend the meeting. The emergency meeting is called after the faction led by General Secretaries Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma refuses to withdraw preparations for the special general convention scheduled for January 11 and 12, citing the demand of 54 percent of the party's general convention representatives.

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10 January 2026

Acting Nepali Congress President Purna Bahadur Khadka (center) attends the emergency Central Working Committee meeting in Lalitpur, Nepal, on January 10, 2026. Nepali Congress calls an emergency meeting of its Central Working Committee amid growing internal political developments within the party. Office bearers, central committee members, invited members, and presidents of all seven provincial committees attend the meeting. The emergency meeting is called after the faction led by General Secretaries Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma refuses to withdraw preparations for the special general convention scheduled for January 11 and 12, citing the demand of 54 percent of the party's general convention representatives.

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6 January 2026

Senior Nepali Congress Leader Bimalendra Nidhi arrives at the party office in Lalitpur, Nepal, on January 6, 2026. Dissent arises within the party, with the majority of the party central committee members claiming attempts to hold the party hostage by not holding the special convention ahead of the March polls. The party also is not able to convene the Central Working Committee meeting as per the schedule.

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#13161312

6 January 2026

Acting President of the Nepali Congress, Purna Bahadur Khadka, arrives at the party office in Lalitpur, Nepal, on January 6, 2026. Dissents are raised within the party, with a majority of the party central committee members claiming attempts to hold the party hostage by not holding the special convention ahead of the March polls. The party is also not able to convene the Central Working Committee meeting as per the schedule.

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#13161313

6 January 2026

Former Deputy Prime Minister Prakash Man Singh arrives at the party office in Lalitpur, Nepal, on January 6, 2026. Dissent arises within the party, with the majority of the party central committee members claiming attempts to hold the party hostage by not holding the special convention ahead of the March polls. The party also is not able to convene the Central Working Committee meeting as per the schedule.

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#13161314

6 January 2026

Senior Nepali Congress Leader Shashanka Koirala arrives at the party office in Lalitpur, Nepal, on January 6, 2026. Dissent arises within the party, with the majority of the party central committee members claiming attempts to hold the party hostage by not holding the special convention ahead of the March polls. The party also is not able to convene the Central Working Committee meeting as per the schedule.

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6 January 2026

Gagan Kumar Thapa, General Secretary of the Nepali Congress, arrives at the party office in Lalitpur, Nepal, on January 6, 2026. Dissent arises within the party, with the majority of the party central committee members claiming attempts to hold the party hostage by not holding the special convention ahead of the March polls. The party also is not able to convene the Central Working Committee meeting as per the schedule.

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6 January 2026

Gagan Kumar Thapa, General Secretary of the Nepali Congress, arrives at the party office in Lalitpur, Nepal, on January 6, 2026. Dissent arises within the party, with the majority of the party central committee members claiming attempts to hold the party hostage by not holding the special convention ahead of the March polls. The party also is not able to convene the Central Working Committee meeting as per the schedule.

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2 January 2026

A Just Eat Takeaway bicycle courier works at night with a delivery box in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, on December 19, 2025.

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2 January 2026

A Just Eat Takeaway bicycle courier works at night with a delivery box in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, on December 19, 2025.

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#13148409

1 January 2026

Citizens of New York City watch from the streets of Lower Manhattan as the inauguration ceremony for the new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, takes place. He becomes the city's 112th mayor in New York City, United States, on January 1, 2026, taking on one of the most demanding jobs in American politics with the promise of transforming the government on behalf of the city's struggling working class.

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1 January 2026

Citizens of New York City watch from the streets of Lower Manhattan as the inauguration ceremony for the new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, takes place. He becomes the city's 112th mayor in New York City, United States, on January 1, 2026, taking on one of the most demanding jobs in American politics with the promise of transforming the government on behalf of the city's struggling working class.

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1 January 2026

Citizens of New York City watch from the streets of Lower Manhattan as the inauguration ceremony for the new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, takes place. He becomes the city's 112th mayor in New York City, United States, on January 1, 2026, taking on one of the most demanding jobs in American politics with the promise of transforming the government on behalf of the city's struggling working class.

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