Hundreds of thousands of Congress cadres not bothered to renew membership

During the 14th General Convention, the Congress had around 850,000 active members. Now that number has dropped drastically.

Jatashankar Sahani, a 40-year-old politician from Bara, was once a Mahasamiti member of the Nepali Congress. Today, his name is missing from the party’s digital membership update records. Sahani crossed over to the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) ahead of the House of Representatives election held on March 5. For him, leaving the Congress was not a difficult decision.