By A Staff Reporter
Kathmandu, July 28: Distributing 852,711 active membership, Central Active Membership Probe Committee of the Nepali Congress on Tuesday submitted its report to party president Sher Bahadur Deuba, who is also the Prime Minister. The party granted the active membership in view of the party's upcoming 14th general convention scheduled for September 1 to 4. 
Committee coordinator Ramesh Lekhak submitted the report to the party President during a meeting of the office-bearers of the party’s central committee held at Prime Minister Deuba's private residence in Budhanilkantha.
The seven-member probe committee accomplished the task and handed over the report to party President and Prime Minister Deuba, one and a half months after its formation. However, Kalyan Gurung, one of the members of the probe committee wrote note of dissent on the report. The largest number of active members is in the age group between 41 and 60 years. According to the report submitted by the probe panel, the number of active members aged between 41 and 60 stands at 328,234 (37.3%).
Similarly, 249,774 (28.38%) of those who received active membership are from the age group of 26-40 years and 40,427 (4.59%) are aged between 16 and 25 years.
Likewise, the number of active members aged between 60 and 75 years stand at 83,010 (9.43%) and those aged above 75 years are 11,783 (1.33%). According to the Committee, the party has renewed the active membership of 409,003 and distributed new active membership to 443,678 persons.
As many as 5,000 complaints were lodged at the Committee that had not looked into the files of active membership of Bara and Saptari districts. There are still disputes over active membership in 125 wards.
Lekhak said some disputes were forwarded to the Central Working Committee as the committee could not resolve the issue.
Meanwhile, the office bearers’ meeting also discussed the calendar of 14th general convention. Its ward convention slated for July 27 has already been postponed. 
The meeting has been put off till Wednesday. NC joint general secretary Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat informed that Wednesday's meeting would fix the schedule for local level general convention of the party.
He said remaining disputes over active membership would be resolved by the party's top leaders.