KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 22
Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Kumar Thapa, who has been elected member of the House of Representatives from Kathmandu-4, has said that his focus will now be on the NC parliamentary party election.
Talking to media briefly following the announcement of election results, he said the results indicated that voters expected a new leadership.
"Voters do not just aspire to have a stable government, they also wish to see a new face in the leadership. And I believe the NC is capable of addressing people's aspiration for the same. The party is ready to bring in the new leadership of the nation by taking other parties into confidence and keeping them united. I will be focused on the NC parliamentary election from today itself."
Thapa took time to share with media that he hoped the existing alliance among the ruling parties, including the NC, CPN-Maoist Centre, and the CPN (Unified Socialist) would continue even after the election.
However, the election results are expected to be a determining factor for the same, according to him.
He said, the election results showed that voters utilised voting as a means of expressing frustration with political parties' failure to fulfil their expectations.
"The promises we made before the people remain unfulfilled. Though we have been elected for a five-year term, practically we will have just five months to serve the people," he said, adding that he was indebted to voters who decided to send him as their representative to the federal Parliament.
The NC's youth leader said he was committed to living up to people's exceptions. "We should realise that today's hardship will lead us to a better future and this should be reflected in our action."
A version of this article appears in the print on November 23, 2022 of The Himalayan Times.
