Nepali Congress President Gagan Kumar Thapa presented a political report at the party’s 15th General Convention on Monday, outlining its political, ideological, organisational and economic priorities for the next four years.

The report, presented at the convention’s closed session at Khula Manch in Kathmandu, calls for a broad restructuring of the party while acknowledging failures that have weakened its standing with voters, particularly younger generations.

It includes proposals ranging from greater government scrutiny and changes to the party’s organisational structure to a policy of not forming pre-election alliances, closer cooperation with the private sector and greater participation of young people. It also advances the vision of a “Prosperous Nepal, Respected Nepali”.

The report offers a sharp self-assessment of the party’s performance over the past two decades. It acknowledges that the Congress increasingly prioritised positions and access to power over its core political objectives.

Coalition management, power-sharing, factionalism and transactional politics weakened the party’s moral standing, the report says. It also criticises the practice of protecting people affiliated with the party in cases of corruption and irregularities, saying this undermined the independence of public institutions.

The report says the party has also grown increasingly distant from younger generations and failed to understand changing public expectations.

The Congress had acknowledged these shortcomings and sought public forgiveness at its second special general convention, while pledging to reform the party, according to the report.

Thapa’s document sets out the party’s proposed political and organisational direction as it seeks to rebuild public trust and adapt to changing voter expectations.