With the old guard in the Nepali Congress refusing to let go of its position and the youth ranks not strong enough to challenge them, the grand old party of Nepali politics still seems to be finding its feet to make itself relevant again.

With six months to go for the general convention, which is to choose a new leadership, several senior leaders have thrown their hats in the ring and are trying to forge alliances to ensure their win.

“On the one hand, the number of candidates is increasing and alliances are being built,” said Puranjan Acharya, a long time Nepali Congress watcher. “On the other, the new generation has failed to claim the new leadership.”

Party leaders and political commentators say old faces, who have expressed their intent to contest for the party presidency, seem to be fighting for their personal legacies, and not for changes in terms of organisation, and political ideology or to enthuse fresh ideas into the party.

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