The Nepal Students’ Union election has once again been shrouded in
uncertainty after the dispute regarding representatives in some
districts prevented a closed-door session of the union’s 11th General
Convention scheduled on Monday.
The student wing of the Nepali Congress had to postpone the closed-door
session for Tuesday after the union failed to reach a consensus in
selecting representatives from the 11 disputed districts, NSU
spokesperson UP Lamichhane.
The NSU conclave began at Bhrikutimandap in the Capital on Sunday,
almost after a decade since the previous gathering. The NSU had planned
to announce official panels on Monday evening and hold elections on
Tuesday.
Student leaders claimed that the tendency to “shy away from elections
but hoping to get picked as the union’s president through the
leadership’s pocket” was the main obstacle in resolving the dispute in
some districts. “Deep division that surfaced in the mother party’s
general convention back in March has had a trickle-down effect on the
party’s sister organisation,” said a student leader aspiring to be an
NSU office bearer, requesting anonymity.
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