Banking News – General Secretary candidate of the Nepali Congress, Pradip Poudel, has made public a detailed, ideological, and organizational perspective paper for party and national transformation. Poudel’s proposers include Jit Prakash Ale of Tanahun and Abhipsa Poudel of Makwanpur, with supporters including Raju Khadka of Kathmandu and Safal Kirat of Bhojpur. Poudel has put forward his political, economic, and organizational roadmap with the declaration of making the Congress the most popular force by breaking through the changing world context, the disillusionment of the younger generation, and factionalism within the party. His perspective paper has placed special priority on internal democracy, a modern economy, youth awakening, and governance reform.

Proposal of ‘Primary Election’

Through his perspective paper, General Secretary candidate Poudel has proposed implementing a “Primary Election” in the party’s internal leadership and people’s representative selection to end factionalism and division of spoils at the root and make the party people-oriented. He has claimed that by providing decisive power to ordinary party members at the grassroots level and selecting candidates through an automated system, a message of justice and unity will be communicated within the party. The perspective paper states that a clear legal calendar will be implemented to complete the periodic conventions of fraternal and well-wisher organizations including the Nepal Students Union and Tarun Dal within a definite timeframe.

Economic Policy: Blueprint of ‘Second-Generation Economic Reform’ and Prosperity

In General Secretary Poudel’s perspective paper, he has called the new combination of a “dynamic private sector and a welfare state,” adapting BP Koirala’s democratic socialism to the 21st century, as the Congress’s real socialism. Stating that socialism does not mean the distribution of poverty but social justice with entrepreneurship and prosperity, he has declared the initiation of “second-generation economic reform” for capital formation and broad employment generation.

New Youth Awakening, Technology, and Good Governance

His perspective paper states that a broad “Startup Fund” with collateral-free concessional capital will be brought to make youth not just job seekers but job-creating entrepreneurs. His goal is to develop Nepal as a global “digital hub” by making practical education including information technology, artificial intelligence, and superintelligence mandatory from the school level. The perspective paper states that “meritocracy” will be fully implemented by ending nepotism and favoritism in public services and appointments. Similarly, it states that zero tolerance will be adopted against corruption in state operations, and transparency will be ensured in every activity.

Timely Reform in Constitution and Governance Structure

He has put forward proposals to review the number of members of the House of Representatives to make parliament more efficient and reduce the number of members of the National Assembly and Provincial Assemblies. General Secretary Poudel’s perspective paper states that a broad study will be conducted to reduce the number of local levels to cut administrative expenses, and each ward will be developed as a fully empowered “Citizen Service Center.” He emphasized the need to objectively review the relevance and necessity of the District Coordination Committee (DCC) in the current governance structure and implement a policy of providing election expenses transparently from the state treasury based on the vote weight received by parties to end the anomaly of the expensive election system.

Countering ‘Communist Stagnation and Populism’

General Secretary Poudel has analyzed that classical communist movements have become irrelevant with the consciousness of the 21st century, and that thoughtless populism cannot provide solutions to complex national problems. General Secretary Poudel has stated that the Congress must build trust among citizens against these extremes not with impulsive criticism but in a dignified and logical manner. General Secretary Poudel has urged the Congress to engage in self-criticism, stating that the glories of the past alone will not solve present problems. With the appeal “Let us choose ideas, not individuals; organization and party, not factions; unity, not division,” he has called upon General Convention representatives to join the great campaign of building a strong, dynamic Nepali Congress suited to the era.