With his rivals gone, Gagan Thapa faces his biggest test yet

Kathmandu, October 8 Gagan Thapa has spent much of his political career challenging the power structures of the Nepali Congress. At the party’s 13th General Convention, he entered the leadership race through Krishna Prasad Sitaula’s third faction. At the 14th convention, he joined Shekhar Koirala’s panel to challenge the established Deuba camp. Now, as the Nepali Congress concludes its 15th General Convention, Thapa is on the verge of becoming the party president with virtually no…