KATHMANDU: Gagan Kumar Thapa, who became the president of the Nepali Congress through the party’s second special general convention, has begun rapidly distributing election tickets.
After receiving official recognition as party president from the Election Commission, Thapa has intensified the process of selecting candidates who will file their nominations on Tuesday.
For the election scheduled on March 5, he has already distributed tickets in the first phase to candidates from Himalayan and high-hill districts.
Earlier, former party president Sher Bahadur Deuba had signed off on tickets for proportional representation and the National Assembly.
The following are the Nepali Congress candidates who have received tickets so far:
- Jumla – Deep Bahadur Shahi
- Salyan – Kesh Bahadur Bista
- Humla – Jayapati Rokaya
- Dolpa – Karna Bahadur Budha
- Dailekh–2 – Dikpal Shahi
- Dailekh–1 – Basana Thapa
- Mugu – Khadak Bahadur Shahi
- Kalikot – Harsha Bam
- Bajura – Janak Raj Giri
- Rasuwa – Mohan Acharya
- Myagdi – Karna Bahadur Bhandari
- Morang–3 – Sunil Sharma
- Achham–1 – Bharat Kumar Swar
- Achham–2 – Pushpa Bahadur Shah
- Baitadi – Chatur Bahadur Chand
- Rukum East – Kusum Thapa Magar
- Rolpa – Dr. Sudan Kumar Wali
- Baglung–2 – Tek Raj Poudel
- Pyuthan – Dr. Govinda Raj Pokharel
- Kathmandu–3 – Dujang Sherma
- Panchthar – Narendra Kerung
- Tehrathum – Santosh Subba
- Dhankuta – Dinesh Rai
- Ilam–1 – Nishkal Rai
- Taplejung – Gajendra Tumyehang
- Gulmi–1 – Dr. Chandra Bhandari
- Gulmi–2 – Bhuvan Shrestha
- Solukhumbu – Prakash Singh Karki
- Bhojpur – Bal Krishna Thapa
- Kavre–2 – Madhu Acharya
- Darchula – Dharmananda Joshi
- Dang–1 – Yogendra Chaudhary
- Syangja–1 – Bharat Dhakal
- Syangja–2 – Bhagwat Prakash Malla
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