Khatiwada and Shivakoti elected Congress Open Joint General Secretaries
KATHMANDU:- Ramhari Khatiwada and Ajaybabu Shivakoti have been elected to the post of Joint General Secretary (Open) under the Nepali Congress’s 15th General Convention. They emerged victorious in the vote count concluded today. There were nine contenders for the position.
Raju Katuwal, Member Secretary of the Election Committee, informed that Khatiwada secured 2,910 votes and Shivakoti received 2,173 votes to win the election.
Dilliram Subedi secured 1,852 votes; Devendra Raj Kandel, 1,381; Rajiv Dhungana, 1,232; Bikash Koirala, 1,144; Amrit Aryal, 921; Ramesh Prasad Dhamala, 780; and Bimal Raj Chhetri, 283.
Pratima Gautam has been elected to the post of Female Joint General Secretary. She won the election for the single Female Joint General Secretary position by securing 5,116 votes. Her rival, Nanu Bastola, received 1,554 votes.
Fifteen central members have been elected under the women’s open category. According to the Election Committee, Basana Thapa secured the top spot, receiving the highest number of votes at 5,193.
Urmila Thapaliya (3,970 votes), Nima Giri (3,906 votes), Kusum Devi Thapa (3,250 votes), and Dhana Kumari Khatiwada (3,231 votes) were also elected.
The Election Committee has announced that Vinita Khadka, Anita Devkota, Rita Sen Oli, Srijana Adhikari, Muna Bhusal, Gita Satyal, Kalpana Tiwari, Rita Thapamagar, Ganga Dahal, and Uma Dahal have emerged victorious.
Thirty-six candidates had competed for the 15 seats in the women’s open category.
