Party Chair nominates 235 representatives for National Congress (With list)

KATHMANDU, December 3: Chairman of Rastriya Prajatntra Party (RPP), Kamal Thapa, has nominated as many as 235 representatives for the ongoing General Convention of the party.

As per the statute of the party, there is a provision of nominating five percent of representatives of the Convention by the Chairman of the party.

Earlier on Thursday, the party published the names of 4,471 representatives which will now be expanded by 235. These representatives will cast their votes to elect new leadership in the party on Saturday.

Incumbent Chairman Kamal Thapa and General Secretary Rajendra Lingden are in the race for the party chairman. 

Both presidential candidates - Thapa and Lingen - have nominated the candidates for the key office bearer positions. 

According to RPP leader Bhuwan Pathak, Buddhiman Tamang, Bikram Pandey, Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan and Roshan Karki have been picked as the candidates for party vice chair from Thapa's panel. 

Similarly, Bhuwan Pathak, Bhaskar Bhadra and Kunti Shahi are vying for the general secretarial positions from the same panel. 

Lingden, on the other hand, has picked Bikram Pandey, Dil Bikash Rajbhandari, Ramchandra Ray and Lila Shrestha as his candidates for vice chair. Dr Dhawal Shumsher Rana, Shyam Timilsina and Rekha Thapa have been nominated as the candidates for the general secretary positions from the Lingden faction.