KATHMANDU: Gagan Thapa, elected President of the Nepali Congress at the party’s 15th General Convention, took the oath of office on Phulpati, the seventh day of Bada Dashain.
Prem Bahadur Khadka, coordinator of the party’s Central Election Committee, administered the oath to Thapa at a ceremony held at the Nepali Congress Central Office in Sanepa today (October 17).
Following the ceremony, Thapa formally assumed office. Senior Vice President Bishwaprakash Sharma and other party leaders congratulated him by presenting khadas (shawls).
Five ‘batuks’ (Brahmin boys trained in Vedic rituals) recited Swasti before the oath-taking ceremony, which was attended by members of the Election Committee, newly elected Central Committee office-bearers and members, and other party leaders.
The final results of the elections held to select the party’s new leadership were announced after all votes had been counted. According to the Nepali Congress, the oath-taking ceremony for other office-bearers and Central Committee members will be held after Dashain. A total of 231 members were elected to the party’s Central Committee through the 15th General Convention.
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