KATHMANDU, May 28: The Nepali Congress (NC) has formed seven thematic subcommittees aimed at strengthening policy formulation, research, and ideological debate within the party, according to a decision by its Policy, Research and Training Academy.
The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by party Vice-President and Academy Chief Bishwo Prakash Sharma, with party President Gagan Thapa also in attendance. The committees are designed to cover key social, economic, and policy areas including the economy, climate change, youth issues, labour, child rights, and public service reform.
As part of the restructuring, former National Planning Commission Vice-Chair Prof Dr Govinda Raj Pokharel has been appointed coordinator of the policy and long-term vision committee. This group will focus on studying the private sector, cooperatives, insurance, the stock market, and broader financial structures.
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Film director Min Bahadur Bham has been assigned to lead the subcommittee on youth engagement, generational dialogue, and youth-related issues, with a mandate to expand dialogue between Gen Z, young people, and civil society.
Other appointments include Roshan Giri for climate change awareness, Mahendra Yadav for informal labour issues, Umang Lohani for child rights, Gopal Prasad Pokharel for public service delivery, and Anju Jha for NGO policy dialogue and coordination.
The meeting also saw Vice-Chief Madhu Acharya present a draft code of conduct for internal discipline. Previously appointed coordinators presented their initial concepts, while the meeting directed all new coordinators to submit preliminary action plans in the next session.
The move is being viewed as an effort by the party to institutionalize policy debate and research alongside organizational politics.
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