Sujata Koirala announces candidacy for NC vice president
Nepali Congress leader Sujata Koirala has announced her candidacy for the post of vice-president in the 14th general convention from the panel of former general secretary Prakash Man Singh.
KATHMANDU, December 16: Leaders Purna Bahadur Khadka and Dhanraj Gurung have been elected Vice Presidents of the Nepali Congress (NC) in its 14th general convention.
Khadka secured 2,121 votes and Gurung received 1,908 votes to emerge victorious for the post, according to the NC central election committee. There is a provision of two vice-presidents in the central working committee as per the statute of the party.
Khadka was the general secretary and Gurung was the central member of the incumbent working committee of the party.
Another candidate for Vice-President, Bijaya Kumar Gachchhadar has been defeated by two votes. He obtained 1,906 votes.
As informed by the committee, candidates for the same post, Dr Chandra Bhandari received 1,580 votes, Sujata Koirala 644, Mahesh Acharya 589 and Divyaswori Shah 132 votes.
NC elected the Vice Presidents as per its statute for the first time. Earlier, the party President used to nominate a vice president in the party.
The vote count for the vice president that started on Wednesday evening concluded at 1.00 am this morning. As many as 4,689 delegates cast their votes in the election held on Monday as part of the 14th general convention of the party.
KATHMANDU: Vote-count for Nepali Congress’ two vice-presidents is underway at the Sanepa-based party headquarters. Voting for a new executive committee was held on Monday.
As many as seven candidates are in the race for the party's vice-presidency. Candidates include Purna Bahadur Khadka and Bijaya Kumar Gachchhadar from the Sher Bahadur Deuba Panel, Dr Chandra Bhandari and Dhanraj Gurung from the Shekhar Koirala Panel and Mahesh Acharya, an ‘independent’ candidate. Similarly, Sujata Koirala (Prakash Man Singh panel) and Divyashwori Shah (Bimalendra Nidhi camp) are also vying for the position.
Here is the vote count-tally
Votes counted: 2867
Dhanraj Gurung: 1267
Purna Bahadur Khadka: 1321
Bijaya Kumar Gachchhadar: 1213
Dr Chandra Bhandari: 1115
Sujata Koirala: 378
Mahesh Acharya: 266
Divyashwori Shah: 112
KATHMANDU: Vote-count for Nepali Congress’ two vice-presidents is underway at the Sanepa-based party headquarters. Voting for a new executive committee was held on Monday.
As many as seven candidates are in the race for the party's vice-presidency. Candidates include Purna Bahadur Khadka and Bijaya Kumar Gachchhadar from the Sher Bahadur Deuba Panel, Dr Chandra Bhandari and Dhanraj Gurung from the Shekhar Koirala Panel and Mahesh Acharya, an ‘independent’ candidate. Similarly, Sujata Koirala (Prakash Man Singh panel) and Divyashwori Shah (Bimalendra Nidhi camp) are also vying for the position.
Here is the vote count-tally
Votes counted:3558
Dhanraj Gurung: 1437
Purna Bahadur Khadka: 1634
Bijaya Kumar Gachchhadar: 1443
Dr Chandra Bhandari: 1257
Sujata Koirala: 438
Mahesh Acharya: 423
Divyashwori Shah: 117
KATHMANDU: Vote-count for Nepali Congress’ two vice-presidents has begun at the Sanepa-based party headquarters.
Voting for a new executive committee was held on Monday.
As many as seven candidates are in the race for the party's vice-presidency. Candidates include Purna Bahadur Khadka and Bijaya Kumar Gachchhadar from the Sher Bahadur Deuba Panel, Dr Chandra Bhandari and Dhanraj Gurung from the Shekhar Koirala Panel and Mahesh Acharya, an ‘independent’ candidate. Similarly, Sujata Koirala (Prakash Man Singh panel) and Divyashwori Shah (Bimalendra Nidhi camp) are also vying for the position.
Earlier, Sher Bahadur Deuba was re-elected the party president on Tuesday’s run-off. Deuba defeated his sole contender Shekhar Koirala.
KATHMANDU: Sujata Koirala has filed her nomination as the candidate for the vice-presidential position of ruling Nepali Congress (NC).
Koirala, who decided to extend her support to Prakash Man Singh as the presidential candidate, reached the City Hall to nominate her candidacy.
KATHMANDU, June 14: Nepali Congress leader Sujata Koirala has said that the government failed to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic effectively.
Taking part in an interaction focused on the COVID-19 crisis organised by the Girija Prasad Koirala Foundation on Sunday evening, the former Deputy Prime Minister was of the view that the procurement of anti-COVID-19 vaccines should be the absolute priority of the government if it really wanted to stem the spread of coronavirus infection.
Vaccines received on grants would not suffice to inoculate the entire eligible population, she said, demanding relief packages to those workers who had lost jobs due to the crisis.
The Foundation central chairperson insisted on collective efforts in the fight against the virus.
Similarly, Foundation US chapter chair Somnath Ghimire informed that regular discussions on the contemporary topics were in the schedule of the Foundation.
Spokesperson for the Foundation US chapter Ramchandra Adhikari said they had been assisting the COVID-19 affected from the very beginning. So far, the US branch has provided 55,000 packets of food, milk, masks and sanitizers, he said.
Foundation US chapter vice president Suvarna Lama, Foundation Youth and Sports Coordinator Gunaraj Pyakurel, Central Member of the Foundation Eliza Gurung, Kantipur Media Group journalist Sanju Poudel and others were of the view that only mass COVID-10 vaccination drive would help control the pandemic.
