Kathmandu, Oct 12: Pradip Paudel, Udaya Shumsher Rana and Dila Sangroula have been elected general secretaries of the Nepali Congress at its 15th general convention, following the election of its president and vice-presidents.
Paudel topped the open category with 4,194 votes, while Rana secured the second seat with 2,330, edging out Sunil Kumar Sharma by 73 votes. Sharma received 2,257 votes.
Other candidates in the open category were Gururaj Ghimire, who secured 1,513 votes; Nain Singh Mahar, 1,134; Amar Singh Pun Magar, 1,125; Shankar Tiwari, 123; and Santosh Upadhyaya, 97.
Sangroula won the women’s general secretary position with 3,118 votes, defeating Mahalaxmi Upadhyay Dina by 254 votes. Upadhyay received 2,864 votes, while Rita Khanal secured 804.
Election Committee member-secretary Raju Katuwal announced the results.
The general secretary results follow victories by Chandra Kant Bhandari and Madhu Acharya in the open vice-presidential category and Binod Kumar Chaudhary in the inclusive category. Bhandari secured 3,735 votes and Acharya 2,342. Chaudhary received 1,745 votes, defeating Jeevan Pariyar by 87 votes.
Bishwa Prakash Sharma was elected senior vice-president unopposed, while Pushpa Bhusal won the women’s vice-presidential position without a contest.
Gagan Thapa had earlier won the party presidency with 6,584 votes against Shyam Krishna Khadgi’s 375. Thapa secured 93.88 percent of the 7,013 votes cast, giving him a clear mandate to lead the party.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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