Gagan Thapa inducts 19 leaders into Nepali Congress central working committee

KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress President Gagan Kumar Thapa has inducted 19 leaders into the party’s Central Working Committee following his election through the party’s second special general convention.

Thapa, on Monday, appointed leaders close to former party president Sher Bahadur Deuba and senior leader Shekhar Koirala into the committee.

The move comes at a time when prospects of reconciliation between the two rival factions within the party appear slim, with Thapa adopting a more flexible approach by accommodating leaders from both camps.

According to the party, the appointments were made under Article 21 (10) of the Nepali Congress statute 2017 (with amendments), which allows the party president to nominate general convention representatives as central committee members.

The newly inducted members are:

1. Mahendra Yadav – Dhanusha
2. Jeevan Pariyar – Kaski
3. Umesh Shrestha – Chitwan
4. Ramesh Rizal – Parsa
5. Sujata Koirala – Morang
6. Dilendra Prasad Badu – Darchula
7. Dr. Chandrakanta Bhandari – Gulmi
8. Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya – Parsa
9. Laxmi Pariyar – Udayapur
10. Angelu Sherpa – Solukhumbu
11. Dinesh Kumar Yadav – Saptari
12. Rajiv Koirala – Sunsari
13. Rajiv Dhungana – Sunsari
14. Prof. Dr. Govinda Raj Pokharel – Pyuthan
15. Sushila Mishra Bhatt – Kailali
16. Nagina Yadav – Mahottari
17. Dinesh Koirala – Chitwan
18. Dr. Jeevan Rana – Kailali
19. Sita Thapaliya (Urmila) – Dhading