Kathmandu, June 29: Nepali Congress Central Working Committee meeting, which was expected to wind up today continued discussions on the organisational activities of the party and the preparations to be done for the party’s tenth General Convention scheduled to be held in October in Pokhara.

“Nine CWC members today opened discussions on the report related with the party’s organisational structure, the challenges before the party and the preparations for the upcoming General Convention,” NC spokesman Narahari Acharya said.

Party General Secretary Sushil Koirala prepared the report.

The seventh day of the 36th meeting, which had started at 8:25 a.m. today ended at eleven a.m.

Acharya said that the discussions also focused on the amendment of the party statute.

Those who expressed their views today were former Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, Chiranjibi Wagle, Narahari Acharya, Finance Minister Mahesh Acharya, Dr. Ram Sharan Mahat, Purna Bahadur Khadka, Yog Prasad Upadhyaya, Arjun Narsingh K.C. and Nona Koirala.

The speakers voiced their concern about increasing the number of elected members in the party’s CWC. All of them pointed the necessity to constitute a statue amendment committee, Acharya said.

The existing provision is such that the General Convention elects five members including the party President to the CWC from five different development regions.