NC General Secy vote-count: Thapa secures 2,518 votes
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: 3867
Gagan Thapa: 2518
Bishwo Prakash Sharma: 1590
Prakash Sharan Mahat: 1296
Pradeep Poudel: 1167
Minendra Rijal: 679
Rajaram Karki: 87
Thapa and Rijal were fielded as general secretary candidates by the Shekhar Koirala panel. Koirala, however, lost the presidential election to Sher Bahadur Deuba.
Mahat and Poudel are the candidates from the Deuba panel, Sharma from the Prakash Man Singh camp and Karki from the Bimalendra Nidhi faction.
KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress (NC) Spokesperson Bishwa Prakash Sharma has announced his candidacy for the post of general secretary in the upcoming 14th General Convention of the party.
Leader Sharma announced his candidature during an event organized at the Sundarijal-based BP Museum. The program was held on the occasion of the 108th birth anniversary of one of the founders of the NC and the first elected prime minister of Nepal, BP Koirala.
On the occasion, Sharma said that he would like to remain in the leadership positions for 15 years to ensure the country’s economic prosperity and upliftment of people’s living standards. He also added that his candidature aims at materializing the model of development as envisioned by late BP Koirala.
As Congress party’s 14th General Convention date is drawing closer, leaders are announcing their candidacy for various positions. Gagan Thapa was the first to announce his candidacy for the position of general secretary. In the 13th General Convention, he lost to Shashank Koirala. Another leader Pradeep Poudel is also preparing to vie for the post.
Similarly, Bal Krishna Khand, NP Saud, Prakash Sharan Mahat, Ramesh Lekhak, Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, Minendra Rijal, Dhanraj Gurung and Guru Raj Ghimire are also aspiring for the same position.
KATHMANDU, Aug 6: Nepali Congress (NC) General Secretary Dr Shashanka Koirala has said it seemed not possible to organise the party's 14th General Convention on the scheduled date. The party has fixed its General Convention for coming August 30.
Talking to media persons here today, the leader said the General Convention on the scheduled time was not possible due to disputes over the party's active membership and other persisting issues.
As he said, the Convention will be held in November-December by sorting out internal issues. The dispute over the party's active membership flared up before the preparations for the General Convention. He was of the view of addressing the party's membership issue one year before the time fixed for the General Convention.
"We want the General Convention as soon as possible," he said. According to him, he has announced his candidacy for the party's presidency as well. Two other candidates from the party establishment side are aspiring to compete for the post and we will lose the battle if we all contest for the post and discussions are underway to forge a consensus to file a single candidacy.
On a different note, he said he would not join the Council of Ministers and support the government by staying outside.
