Overview
- The ruling awards the election symbol, party flag with four stars, and the Sanepa headquarters to the Thapa-led faction.
- Sher Bahadur Deuba’s allies rejected the verdict as illegitimate and vowed to challenge it, with protests announced outside the commission.
- Both camps had filed competing documents after a Special General Convention on Jan 11–14 elected Thapa and formed a 166-member executive body.
- Thapa’s side asserts support from roughly 60% of general convention delegates, a claim central to its bid for recognition.
- The decision comes days before candidate nominations for the March 5 vote, settling ballot identity and organizational control for the campaign.