Nepali Congress Gandaki Province Chair Shukraraj Sharma has said that the Nepali Congress must be made “communist-free,” arguing that communist influence has increasingly shaped the party’s political conduct.
Speaking at a special general convention held at Bhrikutimandap, Sharma said the Congress has reached a point where it appears unable to function independently without communist support, a situation he said must be changed.
“There has come a time when it feels impossible to move forward without communists,” Sharma said. “Therefore, this convention must take responsibility for making the Nepali Congress free from communism. We must create conditions in which the party can go to the people on its own, carrying only the four-star flag.”
Sharma said the party should return to the principles it followed until 2004 (2061 BS), describing those values as central to the Congress’s original ideological identity.
“Democracy cannot replace constitutional democracy,” he said. “Democracy does not mean constitutional democracy. We never fought for democracy; we fought for constitutional democracy. We are people who made sacrifices for constitutional democracy. Democracy should be rejected. The Nepali Congress must be freed from the communist influence associated with the term democracy.”
He also called for changes in political language and ideology, saying the party should reconsider its current positions on governance and economic philosophy.
“Instead of socialism, we should not write ‘socialism-oriented,’” Sharma said. “Instead of republicanism, we should reflect on the constitutional monarchy as provided by the 1990 Constitution.”
Sharma’s remarks have intensified ideological debate within the Nepali Congress during the special general convention, underscoring internal differences over the party’s future political direction.
