KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba has nominated 10 women as Central Committee members.

NC Chief Secretary Krishna Prasad Paudel, issuing a statement on Tuesday, said Deuba nominated 10 women to the Central Committee. The party statute mandates woman central members as per the principle of inclusion.

The new Central members are Kiran Yadav, Radha Ghale, Dhana Khatiwada, Urmila Thapaliya, Rukmini Koirala, Kalyani Rizal, Goma Bhattarai, Ganga Shahi, Laxmi Khatiwada and Sita Devkota.

The party statute provisions 169 Central members.

Deuba had already nominated 13 Central Committee members as per his prerogative.