54th general meeting of FNCCI begins from today

KATHMANDU: The 54^th general meeting of the Federation of Nepalese Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FNCCI) is beginning from today.

The general meeting will elect 64 executive members of FNCCI for which 123 candidates have filed their candidacies. The general meeting will run for three days starting today (November 26 to 28).

Incumbent Senior Vice President will automatically be elected to the post of President as per the statute of the FNCCI through the general meeting.

The others to be elected include 64 executive members including one Senior Vice President, Associate Vice President, Vice President of Commodities, and District Municipal Vice President.

Kishore Pradhan and Chandra Dhakal are in the fray for the post of Senior Vice President. Both the panels are contesting the elections.

(Chandra Dhakal (Left) and Kishore Pradhan)

According to the election committee, votes will be cast from three places – Nepal Academy, Karki Banquet and FNCCI office building, Teku.

The inauguration of the general meeting is being held today, closed session of the meeting will take place tomorrow virtually and the voting will start from 8 am on Saturday (November 28), said FNCCI.