Maoist Center holding provincial conferences today

KATHMANDU: The ruling CPN (Maoist Center) is holding provincial conferences on Saturday. 

Ten provinces including seven provinces and three geographical provinces --- Valley Special, Communication and Coordination and Diaspora--  are holding the conferences to elect the party's new leadership in the respective provinces. 

Party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' is scheduled to inaugurate the conferences amid a virtual session. 

Conferences will be held in Biratnagar (Province 1), Janakpur (Province 2), Kathmandu (Bagmati), Pokhara (Gandaki), Bhalubang (Lumbini), Surkhet (Karnali) and Dhangadi (Sudur Paschim). 

Each of the provinces will elect new committees including nine office bearers. Office bearers posts include a chairman, three vice-chair, one secretary, three joint secretaries and a treasurer. 

Province 1 will have a 259-member provincial committee compared to 271-member in Province 2, 275 in Bagmati and 229 in Gandaki provinces. Similarly, Lumbini will have a 253-member province committee while Karnali and Sudur Paschim provinces will constitute 211 and 223-member provincial committees.

The party had organized its local unit-level conferences on November 27. 

The National Conference is scheduled to be held on December 26-28.