Nepali Congress elects 25 CWC members from open category
KATHMANDU: The Election Committee of Nepali Congress (NC)
has announced the names of 25 candidates who have won the Central Working
Committee membership under the open category, on Monday.
Among the 3,148 votes, Shekhar Koirala polled the highest
of 1,848 votes, followed by Khum Bahadur Khadka (1,846) and Prakash Man Singh
(1,795), as informed by the the NC Election Committee.
A total of 90
candidates had filed their candidacy in the election for the posts in the
Central Working Committee (CWC) held on March 6.
The party has already elected Sher Bahadur Deuba as its
new President, Shashanka Koirala as its General Secretary and Sita Devi Yadav
as its Treasurer in the election held during the party’s 13th General
Convention.
Apart from this, results for the 14 posts from the
provincial representation are yet to be announced. The results are expected to
be published by this evening.
The party has already elected 22 CWC members including
one from Muslim reservation, six from women reservation and five from Janajati,
Madhesi and Dalit groups each.
Winners of CWC membership election under the open
category:
SN Candidates Votes
1. Shekhar
Koirala 1,848
2. Khum
Bahadur Khadka 1,846
3. Prakash
Man Singh 1,795
4. Kul
Bahadur Gurung 1,773
5. Pradeep
Giri 1,725
6. Pradeep
Paudel 1,709
7. Bal
Krishna Khand 1,704
8. Dhan
Raj Gurung 1,697
9. Ramesh
Lekhak 1,689
10. Purna
Bahadur Khadka 1,686
11. Bimalendra
Nidhi 1,680
12. Bal
Bahadur KC 1,674
13. Mahesh
Acharya 1,669
14. Bishwa
Prakash Sharma 1,620
15. Sujata
Koirala 1,619
16. Ram
Sharan Mahat 1,611
17. NP Saud 1,547
18. Shankar
Bhandari 1,547
19. Gyanendra
Bahadur Karki 1,502
20. Gopal
Man Shrestha 1,499
21. Chandra
Bhandari 1,492
22. Prakash
Sharan Mahat 1,491
23. Badri
Pandey 1,485
24. Narayan
Khadka 1,464
25. Minendra
Rijal 1,420
Among 25 winners, 14 are believed to be loyal to newly
elected party President Deuba.
Source: The Himalayan Times