Know 19-member Team KP Oli
KATHMANDU: The main opposition CPN-UML elected leaders for 19 office bearer positions.
Though five of the key positions were decided unopposed, the elections were held for 14 other positions including the chairman, six vice chair and seven secretaries.
According to the results unveiled by the party’s election committee, KP Sharma Oli was elected party chairman defeating Bhim Rawal.
Ishwar Pokharel was elected senior vice chair unopposed on Monday.
Similarly, Asta Laxmi Shakya, Yubraj Gyawali, Bishnu Poudel, Ram Bahadur Thapa, Subash Nembang and Surendra Pandey were elected vice chairs. Ghanashyam Bhusal, however, could not manage to win the position.
Chairman Oli’s confidant and former chief minister of Lumbini Province, Shankar Pokharel, was elected general secretary unanimously. The three deputy general secretaries --- Pradeep Gyawali, Prithvi Subba Gurung and Bishnu Rimal were among those elected unopposed.
Of the nine contesting for the secretarial position, Bhim Acharya and Tanka Karki lost the elections. Gokarna Bista, Yogesh Bhattarai, Top Bahadur Rayamajhi, Lekhraj Bhatta, Padma Aryal, Raghubir Mahaseth and Chhabilal Bishwokarma were party secretaries.
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