KATHMANDU: The closed session of CPN-Maoist Center’s 8th General Convention has endorsed the list of central members proposed by Maoist Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ Sunday.
Chairman Prachanda had proposed 125 names, under the proportional category, and 111 names, under the open category, totaling 236 members to the Central Committee.
The closed session passed the proposed list containing names of 236 members in the Central Committee.
With this, 63 members still remain to be nominated to the 299-member Central Committee. The remaining 63 members would be nominated from the Central Committee meeting.
The party’s central publicity and publications department said that the names of the Central Committee members were announced on the basis of consensus following series of consultations.
Open category
The CC members endorsed from the closed-door session under the open category include Prachanda, Nep Bahadur Tharu Chaudhari, Laxmandutta Joshi, Sarad Singh Bhandari, Khagaraj Bhatta, Trilochan Bhatta, Madhav Sapkota, Shalikram Jamarkattel, Hit Man Shakya, Mukti Narayan Pradhan and Ishwari Prasad Bhattarai. Likewise, Sunil Kumar Manandhar, Haribol Gajurel, Sudan Kirati, Hemraj Bhandari, Rajendra Karki, Surendra Kumar Kakri, Ajaya Shankar Nayak, Jog Kumar Barbariya, Matrika Prasad Yadav, Girirajmani Pokharel and Ganesh Shah are also elected the CC members.
Barshaman Pun, Kul Prasad KC, Chakrapani Khanal, Krishna Dhwoj Khadka, Krishna Bahadur Mahara, Bamdev Chhetri, Ram Dip Acharya, Shakti Basnet, Mahendra Bahadur Shahi, Gajendra Bahadur Mahat, Janardan Sharma and Leelamani Pokharel, among others are in the list of the open category.
14 members from Khas Arya (Male and Feamle) category
A total of 14 male members have been elected to central committee from Khas Arya (Male) category. They are Narayan Dahal, Surya Subedi and Keshav Nepal, among others. Four youths have been elected to the central committee in Khas Arya (Youth) category. They are Bijaya Bhandari, Durga Chapagain, Anil Sharma and Lal Bahadur Sodari.
Likewise, 25 female have been elected to central committee from Khas Arya (Female) category. Those who were entrusted with the responsibilities were Asha Koirala, Sita Pokharel, Renu Dahal and Devi Khadka, among others. Elected in the Khas Arya (Youth) category were Yasoda Neupane, Om Kumari Poudel and Geeta Timalsina, among others.
11 members from indigenous category
A total of 11 central members have been elected in the central committee under indigenous category. They are Ram Kumar Rai, Dilip Prajapati and Man Bahadur Budha Magar, among others. Four youths from indigenous communities under the youth category were elected. They were Indra Bahadur Angbo, Hem Kumar Rai and others.
In the indigenous community female category, 22 women including Amrita Thapa, Onsari Gharti and Kamala Roka were elected.
Dalit category
From Dalit category, three male were elected namely Bishu Bahadur BK, Yam Bahadur Pariyar and Jagat Parki while 11 women were elected from Dalit women category such as Anjana Bishankhe, Shanti Nepali and Durga Kumari BK. Subodh Shreepali and Parbati BK were elected from Dalit youth male and female category respectively.
Madhesi category
Moreover, from the Madheshi male category, Jagat Yadav, Shiva Kumar Mandal and Ram Kumar Yadav were elected. Surendra Mehata was elected from Madheshi youth category while Bodhmaya Kumari Yadav and Sunita Kumari Yadav were elected from Madheshi women category.
Tharu category
Similarly, those from the Tharu category include Santa Bahadur Tharu, Hari Narayan Chaudhari and Devi Lal Chaudhari, Amon Lal Modi, Anjana Chaudhari, Krishna Chaudhari and others.
Muslim category
Hakikullah Musalman and Kaushar Saha are the central members from the Muslim community.
Backward region
Those representing the backward region are Naresh Bhandari, Devaki Malla and Kumar Poudel.
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