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KATHMANDU: The ruling Nepali Congress (NC) has concluded its provincial conventions in six of the seven provinces.
Province 2, however, is yet to hold the conventions over the prolonged disputes regarding the election of delegates in five electoral constituencies.
According to results, the establishment faction led by party President and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has won presidential positions in Bagmati, Karnali and Sudur Paschim provinces.
Newly elected party presidents in Gandaki and Lumbini provinces, on the other hand, belong to the rival faction considered close to senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel.
Another faction close to Krishna Prasad Sitaula has emerged victorious in Province 1.
In this story, we have compiled the election results of all six provinces along with a brief introduction of presidents in the respective provinces.
Province 1:
Uddhav Thapa, a candidate considered close to the faction led by Krishna Prasad Sitaula, won the elections to become the party’s president in Province 1. Thapa was said to have the support of the establishment faction as well. Thapa defeated his sole contender Guru Ghimire, the candidate fielded by the rival faction led by senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel, with a margin of only two votes.
Thapa, who made an entry to politics as a student leader in Shanker Dev Campus, had earlier served as Jhapa district president for two terms. He had, however, lost the two parliamentary elections.
Bagmati Province
Indra Baniya has been elected as Nepali Congress (NC) president of Bagmati Province.
Defeating Jagadish Nar Singh KC with a margin of 158 votes in the re-election held on Sunday. As none of the three candidates including Bhimsen Das Pradhan failed to secure more than 50 percent of votes, another round of voting was held for two top vote-securers --- Baniya and KC.
Baniya is considered close to party President Sher Bahadur Deuba while KC was fielded by the Ram Chandra Poudel faction.
Fourteen of the 2,026 votes cast were invalidated. While Baniya secured 1,085 votes, Singh managed to win 927 votes.
Baniya has been actively engaged in the NC since 1987. He had served as the party’s Makwanpur district president, district secretary of Tarun Dal [NC’s youth wing] and district president of Tarun Dal as well.
He was elected as a member of the Constituent Assembly (NA) in 2013.
Baniya, who had also served as the minister of state for two times, has been leading the province as the NC’s parliamentary party leader in Bagmati. He emerged victorious in the provincial elections in 2017 from Makwanpur 2-B.
Gandaki Province
Shukra Raj Sharma, leader considered close to the Ram Chandra Prasad Poudel-led faction of NC, has been elected the President of the party. He defeated his contender Arjun Joshi, the candidate fielded by the Deuba faction.
Sharma, the first NC president of Gandaki, had led the First People’s Movement in 1990 as the Kaski district commander.
He had also served as the Kaski district president, however, failed to register a victory in parliamentary elections in 1990, 1994 and 2017.
Bypassing several aspirants from within the party, Sharma succeeded in becoming the common candidate of the senior leader Poudel and General Secretary Shashank Koirala.
Lumbini Lumbini
Amar Singh Pun has registered a victory against his rival Bharat Kumar Shah to be elected as the Lumbini Province president.
Pun, considered close to the Poudel faction in the party, garnered as many as 852 votes against 767 secured by his contender Shah, who was fielded by the establishment faction led by party President Sher Bahadur Deuba.
Pun served as immediate past party president in Rolpa district.
He, who had been a member of the Second Constituent Assembly through the proportional representation system, served also as a minister of state for irrigation.
Karnali Province
Lalit Jung Shahi of the establishment faction has been elected the Karnali Province president. Shahi defeated his rival Bhupendra Jung Shahi with a margin of 105 votes. While Shahi secured 422 votes, his contender got only 317 votes.
Newly elected provincial president Shahi took the membership of the NC in 1980. He subsequently served as NC’s Jumla district secretary, Kalikot in charge and Jumla district’s acting president.
Shahi, who had won the 2013 CA elections from Jumla district, is the only Congress leader to win parliamentary elections in the district
He recently switched his camp from the Poudel faction and joined the establishment faction.
Sudur Paschim Province
Bir Bahadur Balayar, the candidate fielded by the establishment faction, has been elected as the party’s Sudurpaschim Province president.
Of the 1,003 votes cast in Saturday’s polls, Balayar secured 688 against 280 garnered by his rival Narayan Dutta Mishra.
Balayar started his political career in his early days in Doti’s Sitaram Secondary School. He was later elected as the Nepal Student Union president of the Tribhuvan University (TU) branch.
He had also been deployed as the security coordinator to oversee security matters at the Chaksibari-based residence of NC leader Ganesh Man Singh during the 1990 people’s movement.
He had also served as the party’s Doti district president.
He, who had lost the 2008 CA elections, emerged victorious in the 2013 CA elections and also served as a minister under the Deuba-led Cabinet.
KATHMANDU: The ruling Nepali Congress (NC) has elected the new leadership of the party for the next five years as a part of the 14th General Convention of the party in 30 districts of the total of 77.
The establishment faction led by President Sher Bahadur Deuba, who is also the incumbent prime minister, has so far claimed victory for the presidential positions in 17 districts while 13 other district presidents are considered close to the opposition faction led by senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel.
The result showed that the Deuba faction registered victory in eight districts where the Poudel faction had won in the 13th General Convention.
It is to be noted that as many as 17 district presidents, who were elected in the 13th General Convention, were considered close to senior leader Poudel. Similarly, the Deuba panel registered victory in 12 districts. The establishment faction has emerged strong in Province 1 and Karnali provinces.
The party is yet to elect the leadership in 40 other districts.
On the other hand, the Poudel faction has snatched the leadership from the rival faction in five districts.
Where Poudel faction loses the command of the district presidents
1. Dolpa: Dipendra Bahadur Shahi (Angat Kumar Budha won in last convention)
2. Jumla: Karnaa Bahadur Shahi (Dip Bahadur Shahi won in last convention)
3. Lamjung: Dr Tak Raj Gurung (Bhesh Bahadur Poudel won in last convention)
4. Panchthar: Rup Narayan Jawegu (Narendra Kumar Kerung won in last convention)
5. Salyan: Kesh Bahadur Bista (Ganesh Chand won in last convention)
6. Ramechhap: Kanchha Ram Tamang (Laba Shree Neupane won in last convention)
7. Mugu: Ain Bahadur Shahi (Khadga Bahadur Sahi won in last convention)
Where Deuba faction stays undefeated
1. Dadeldhura: Bhim Bahadur Saud
2. Manang: Tek Bahadur Gurung
3. Humla: Mohan Bikram Singh
4. Taplejung: Gajendra Tumhyang
5. Myagdi: Kham Bahadur Garbuja
6. Bajhang: Khadak Bohora
7. Jajarkot: Bedraj Singh
8. Doti: Narendra Singh
9. Okhaldhunga: Tejendra Khanal
10. Rukum (West): Prem Prakash Oli
Where Poudel faction emerges as new power
1. Rukum (East): Keshar Man Roka
It is to be noted that Rukum (East) was one of the two districts added during Nepal’s political restructuring in the Constitution of Nepal in 2015. Roka was named the coordinator of the young district after the country adopted the federal structure.
2. Dolakha : Barma Lama (former president: Rudra Bahadur Khadka)
3. Bajura: Ram Singh Rawal (contender: Kabi Raj Pandit)
4. Gorakha: Nanda Prasad Neupane (former president: Hari Bahadur Ghale)
Where Poudel faction remains intact
1. Baitadi: Chatur Bahadur Chand
2. Bhojpur : Binod Bantawa
3. Pyuthan: Bishnu Kumar Giri
4. Arghakhanchi: Keshab Shrestha
5. Mustang: Romi Gauchan Thakali
6. Sankhuwasabha: Dipak Khadka
7. Kalikot: Ammar Bahadur Shahi
8. Rolpa: Kishor Acharya
9. Tehrathum: Arjun Tumbahamfe
KATHMANDU: The 14th General Convention of the ruling Nepali Congress (NC) is scheduled to be held from December 10 to 12.
A meeting of the party's Central Election Committee held at the party's central office Thursday set a new date for holding the general convention in Kathmandu from December 10 to 12 after holding all the elections from the ward level to the province-level.
The Nepali Congress will hold delayed ward conventions in Sindhupalchok, Dolpa, Banke, Kailali, Surkhet, Saptari, Siraha, Dhanusha, Mahottari, Sarlahi, Bara and Parsa districts on November 13 and local level conventions on November 16. Similarly, constituency level conventions are scheduled to be held on November 19. The district-level conventions in those districts with only one election constituency will take place on November 22 while November 26 has been allotted for other districts.
Similarly, the constituency level conventions in Solukhumbu, Darchula and Myagdi are scheduled to be held on November 13 and the district conventions on November 17. The district convention of Jumla district will be held on November 17.
Gopal Krishna Ghimire, a member of the election committee and senior advocate, said that the constituency level conventions of 46 districts including Kathmandu have already been completed.
The Congress party is yet to resolve the active membership dispute in Rautahat and Rasuwa districts.
KATHMANDU: Though the ruling Nepali Congress (NC)’s 14th General Convention formally kicked off on
September 3 by holding ward-level conventions, one of the oldest parties of the country is yet to resolve active membership disputes in 21 districts.
A committee headed by Krishna Prasad Sitaula is still waiting for the details of active members from those districts which could not hold ward conventions on the scheduled date.
Two other members of the committee include Minendra Rijal and Ramesh Lekhak. Three of them said that the active membership row was settled following a ‘theoretical consensus.
As all three members of the committee have taken two-day leave, publishing names of active members in 21 districts including Dadeldhura, President Sher Bahadur Deuba’s home district, has remained uncertain.
Rijal and Lekhak returned from their home districts. However, Sitaula is preparing to make it to his home district, Jhapa on Monday.
The committee was supposed to publish the electoral roll of Dadeldhura and Kapilvastu on Saturday. However, the unavailability of two members impacted the schedule.
Talking to Ratopati, Sitaula said that the committee asked the Active Membership Probe Committee to implement the decisions after their theoretical consensus. The probe committee is holding a meeting on Sunday afternoon.
Ward-level conventions took place on the scheduled date in the districts of Ram Chandra Poudel (Tanahu) and Gopal Man Shrestha (Syangja) though there are nearly one dozen aspirants for the presidential position.
Convention in the districts of most presidential aspirants falls uncertain. Congress is yet to publish the list of active members in Province 1’s Morang, the home district of aspirants duo: Shekhar Koirala and Sujata Koirala.
Similarly, active membership row in all eight districts of Province 2 has remained unresolved. The convention is yet to begin formally in the province of Bimalendra Nidhi, who formally announced to vie for the presidential position.
Kathmandu, Sindhupalchowk, Kavre and Rasuwa (Bagmati Province) are yet to formally begin 14th General Convention amidst the active membership row. Prakash Man Singh, one of the aspirants for the presidential position belongs to Kathmandu district where ward conventions are still uncertain.
Ward conventions failed to kick off on a scheduled date in three districts in Lumbini Province (Kapilvastu, Banke and Bardiya) and two in Karnali (Dolpa and Surkhet).
As Kailali, Bajura and Dadeldhura fail to settle the membership disputes, ward convention has fallen in limbo.
Ward conventions held in 38 districts
The ruling party has so far held war-level conventions in 38 districts as of Sunday afternoon. According to the information disseminated by the party’s election committee, most wards elect leadership anonymously.
List of distractions where ward conventions have been concluded
Province 1: Taplejung, Panchthar, Ilam, Sankhuwasabha, Tehrathum, Bhojpur, Khotang, Solukhumbu, Okhaldhunga, Udayapur, Jhapa and Dhankuta
Bagmati Province: Dolakha, Sindhuli, Makwanpur and Bhaktapur
Gandaki Province: Gorakha, Lamjung, Tanahun, Kaski, Manang, Mustang, Parbat, Syangja and Myagdi
Lumbini Province: Nawalparasi, Rupandehi, Arghakhanchi and Dang
Karnali Province: Rukum West, Jumla, Humla, Jajarkot and Dailekh
Sudur Paschim Province: Bajhang, Doti, Achham and Kanchanpur
Ward conventions to be held in these districts between Monday and Wednesday
Monday (Sept 6): Sunsaru, Nuwakot, Dhading, Chitwan, Baglung, Nawalpur, Lalitpur, Palpa, Salyan and Mugu
Tuesday: Gulmi, Pyuthan, Kalikot, Darchula and Baitadi
Wednesday: Rolpa and Ramechhap
