Nepali Congress President Gagan Thapa has said that the Nepali Congress will take responsibility for protecting the country from all forms of violence and provocative politics. Stating that anyone can engage in arson and agitation-driven politics, Thapa claimed that only the Nepali Congress has the strength and capacity to stabilize and safeguard the nation.
Speaking at a meeting with party workers in Kaski, Thapa said the Congress would take responsibility to ensure that incidents like those witnessed on Bhadra 24 are not repeated.
“The country was engulfed in flames on Bhadra 24. The Nepali Congress takes responsibility to ensure it does not burn again next year,” he said. “Anyone can set fires, but only Congress can extinguish them. Anyone can spread provocation, but only Congress is capable of managing it.”
He argued that the very character of the Nepali Congress prevents it from engaging in violent or provocative politics and asserted that Congress alone possesses the ability to steer the country responsibly.
Acknowledging public anger and emotional backlash against the Congress, Thapa said the party has transformed itself by listening to and addressing those grievances. He described corruption as the most serious issue facing society today and called on party workers to go door-to-door and assure citizens that the Congress can free the country from what he described as a “swamp of corruption.”
“Just as the Nepali Congress rescued the country from the swamp of violence, we will also rescue it from the swamp of corruption,” he said.
Emphasizing the need for party unity in the upcoming election, Thapa said it no longer matters where leaders or workers stood in the past. He instructed party cadres to visit the homes of every individual who supported the Congress during difficult times, listen to their concerns, and assure them that a reformed Congress is committed to addressing their grievances.
“We must bring back friends who left with heavy hearts,” Thapa said. “We will seek out those who struggled for the party, meet them personally, and seek their blessings. They will not come looking for Congress—we must go looking for them.”
