Kathmandu, Nov, 14: Former Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba has expressed confidence that the Supreme Court will deliver a favourable verdict to his faction in the ongoing dispute over the party’s official status.
Addressing the Lalitpur District Convention on Saturday, Deuba said he expected the court to deliver justice through an impartial decision.
“I am confident that justice will be served. This party belongs to us and will remain ours. It is not going anywhere,” he said.
Referring to the judiciary’s record during the monarchy, Deuba said the courts had delivered impartial verdicts even during the king’s rule and would do so under the present circumstances as well.
Deuba, who has served as Prime Minister five times, said he was ready to sacrifice his life for the Nepali Congress.
“I have already become Prime Minister five times. I have nothing more to achieve. I must be ready to give my life for the party that made me Prime Minister five times,” he said.
He also accused Gagan Thapa and his faction of organising a special general convention without consulting him. Deuba claimed that he was not informed about the convention despite being the party president at the time.
“I was the party president, but I was not even informed. They held a special general convention, and Gagan Thapa had already become the party president,” he said.
Stating that the Nepali Congress was established by the people of Nepal, Deuba argued that no one could take control of the party outside the mandate of its representatives.
He further alleged that a conspiracy had been carried out against his faction in the name of the Gen Z movement. Deuba claimed that his life could have been at risk had security personnel not been present during the incident.
