UPDATE: Thapa, Sharma leading vote-count for NC general secretary

KATHMANDU: Gagan Thapa and Bishwo Prakash Sharma are leading the vote count for the two general secretarial positions of the Nepali Congress (NC).  The voting for the NC executive committee was held on Monday.  Here is the vote count tally  Votes counted: 2,120  Gagan Thapa: 1,385 Bishwo Prakash Sharma: 851 Prakash Sharan Mahat: 698 Minendra Rijal: 365 Rajaram Karki: 59 

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NC general secretary Thapa urges cadres to engage in people's works

Nepali Congress (NC) general secretary Gagan Kumar Thapa urged the party leaders and the people's representatives to engage their efforts.

NC general-secretary stresses to resolve internal problems of the party

Nepali Congress (NC) general-secretary and parliamentarian Gagan Kumar Thapa has pitched for exploring the internal problems of the party. He stressed the need to identify the internal problems and place planned efforts to resolve them.

NC general-secretary stresses to resolve internal problems of the party

Nepali Congress (NC) general-secretary and parliamentarian Gagan Kumar Thapa has pitched for exploring the internal problems of the party. He stressed the need to identify the internal problems and place planned efforts to resolve them.

Three leaders elected NC assistant general secretaries

There are eight assistant general secretary posts as per the NC statute.

Three leaders elected NC assistant general secretaries

There are eight assistant general secretary posts as per the NC statute.

Thapa elected NC general secretary, Sharma closer to victory

KATHMANDU: With 800 and a few votes remaining to be counted, Gagan Thapa has been elected as the general secretary of the ruling Nepali Congress (NC).  Leading in the vote count, which is being held at the Sanepa-based party head office, Thapa garnered 2,518 votes. Of the 4,679 votes cast in Monday's election, as many as 3,867 votes have so far been counted. Thapa’s nearest contender Bishwo Prakash Sharma has so far won 1,590 votes followed by Prakash Sharan Mahat’s 1,296. Thapa is sure to win the race for the general secretarial position even as all the remaining votes are counted in favor of his opponents.  Here is the vote count tally  Votes counted: 3867 Gagan Thapa: 2518 Bishwo Prakash Sharma: 1590 Prakash Sharan Mahat: 1296 Pradeep Poudel: 1167 Minendra Rijal: 679 Rajaram Karki: 87

NC Gen Convention: Gagan Thapa files candidacy for general secretary

KATHMANDU: Gagan Kumar Thapa, a key leader of the ruling Nepali Congress (NC), filed his candidacy for the position of general secretary on Saturday.  Thapa, who had lost the electoral race for the same post in the 12th General Convention to Shashank Koirala, has been fielded as one of two candidates for the general secretarial position from the Shekhar Koirala panel. Minendra Rijal is another candidate for the position from the Koirala panel.

Karnali CM Shahi announces candidacy for NC joint-general secretary

Karnali Province Chief Minister Jeevan Bahadur Shahi has announced his candidacy for the post of Nepali Congress joint-general secretary in the party’s upcoming 14th General Convention.   CM Shahi, who is also the NC central member,  said that he would compete for the post in the quota allocated for backward regions.  As Shahi's personal secretary Raj Rokaya said, the CM would be filing his candidacy for the joint- general secretary post. Shahi, who represents Humla in the Karnali Province Assembly, also served as the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation; and the Minister for Water Supplies in the federal government.  He said he was confident that the General Convention would trust him to be at the post of joint- general secretary recognizing his contribution in beginning the culture of the existing power alliance from Karnali though the party has just six seats in the Province Assembly.