KATHMANDU: The vote count for central working committee (CWC) members (open category) under the 14th General Convention of the Nepali Congress has started at the central party office in Sanepa.
The election committee has informed that the counting of votes has started from 11:30 am even though it was earlier said that the counting of votes would begin at 10 am.
As per the provision of the party statute, a total of 35 members will be elected under open category. As many as 99 candidates are contesting the elections for the 35 posts of CWC members under open category.
The NC’s 14th general convention has already finalized the party’s new leadership with vote count results of all 13 office bearers.
Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has been re-elected as NC President; Purna Bahadur Khadka and Dhanraj Gurung are the newly elected two vice presidents; Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma the two general secretaries; Umakanta Chaudhary, Kishor Singh Rathor, Mahendra Yadav, Mahalakshmi Upadhyay (Dina), Jeevan Pariyar, Badri Pandey, Farmullah Mansur and Bhishma Raj Angdembe are the elected eight joint general secretaries of the party.
Vote count of above mentioned 13 office bearers concluded Friday. Two CWC members have already been elected unopposed.
Of the 167-member CWC, voting took place for 134 members while the remaining 33 members will be nominated by the NC president as per the statute of the party.
Newly elected NC office-bearers:
President: Sher Bahadur Deuba
Vice President (two):
Purna Bahadur Khadka (Deuba)
Dhanraj Gurung (Koirala)
General Secretary (two):
Gagan Kumar Thapa (Koirala)
Bishwa Prakash Sharma (Singh)
Joint General Secretary (eight):
(Deuba)
-Dina Upadhyay (Women)
-Bhishma Raj Aangdembe (Adivasi/Janajati)
-Farmullah Mansur (Muslim)
-Kishore Singh Rathore (Khas Arya)
-Umakanta Chaudhary (Tharu)
-Mahendra Yadav (Madhesi)
(Shekhar)
-Jeevan Pariyar (Dalit)
-Badri Pandey (backward area)
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