The Nepali Congress is a Nepalese political party. Nepali Congress led the 1950 Democratic Movement which successfully ended the Rana dynasty and allowed commoners to take part in the politics. It again led a democratic movement in 1990, in partnership with leftist forces, to end monarchy and reinstate parliamentary democracy. With the 12-point agreement of November 22, 2005 it worked together with the CPN-UML and the CPN-Maoist to end King Gyanendra's takeover of the government. The ensuing 2006 movement successfully reinstated the parliament and led to the formation of the Federal Republic of Nepal. After the 2008 Constituent Assembly elections, Nepali Congress became the second largest party in the country in terms of the number of seats in the CA.
The 12th general convention of the Nepali Congress was held in Kathmandu from September 17–21, 2010. The convention elected Sushil Koirala as the party president. This was the first general convention of the party after the unification of Nepali Congress (Democratic) and Nepali Congress on September 25, 2007.
After the merger, Girija Prasad Koirala had remained president of the unified party, with Krishna Prasad Bhattarai and Sher Bahadur Deuba as senior most leaders.
Sushil Koirala became the caretaker President after the demise of Girija Prasad Koirala. However, the dispute over seniority between Deuba and Koirala persisted.
Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, just before the convention, announced himself no longer a member of the Nepali Congress and refused to take part in the current general convention claiming the party had adopted "fake republicanism."
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