
When economist Swarnim Wagle quit NC to join RSP
I am making this post since someone said that Swornim was kicked out of NC.
Stop pushing your false narratives Mr. gagan thapa, all you're doing is undermining the credibility of Kangress.
Swarnim Wagle left the Nepali Congress (NC) in late March 2023, primarily due to repeated humiliation, insults, and obstruction by party president Sher Bahadur Deuba and his wife Arzu Rana Deuba.
He announced his departure via a Facebook post and a message to key NC leaders (including general secretaries Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma, plus Shekhar Koirala and Govinda Raj Pokharel. In it, he criticized the party’s degeneration into “an incompetent gang of nepotism” and family dominance, contrasting it with its historic legacy under leaders like BP Koirala.
https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/economist-swarnim-wagle-quits-nc
Gagan Thapa (then NC general secretary) reacted strongly and critically during the by-election campaign. He and fellow general secretary Bishwa Prakash Sharma led NC efforts in Tanahun and publicly lashed out at Wagle.
- Thapa accused Wagle of being a “tourist candidate” who returned after earning money and a pension abroad while Thapa “fought for democracy” in Nepal.
- He portrayed Wagle’s move as opportunistic and petty, urging voters not to support him.
- This marked a sharp turn, as the two had previously been allies (Wagle supported Thapa’s campaigns and reportedly viewed him as a future PM).
The tone was seen as unusually harsh even by some of Thapa’s supporters and was attributed partly to internal NC pressures on Thapa’s faction.
Wagle went on to win the by-election decisively (and was re-elected from the same seat in 2026).
Gagan has previously won from Kathmandu 5 after RSP decided to not field their candidate from this area as a silent way to support the Khasi. However, he left his long held constituency for some reason in the 2082 election and went on to lose from Sarlahi.