NC Prez Deuba forms panel including Poudel and Mahat as general secretaries

KATHMANDU: Incumbent president of Nepali Congress (NC), Sher Bahadur Deuba has given a final shape to his panel for the elections for various positions in the ongoing 14th General Convention of the party. 

A meeting of the leaders close to the faction held in Baluwatar on Saturday afternoon decided to field Bijaya Kumar Gachchhadar and Purna Bahadur Khadka as the candidates for vice-president. 

Similarly, Pradeep Poudel and Prakash Sharan Mahat are vying for two general secretarial positions. 

The Deuba panel formed a team of candidates for the joint secretarial positions including Bhishma Raj Angdembe, Man Bahadur Bishwokarma, Mahindra Yadav, Kishor Singh Rathore, Umakanta Chaudhary, Farmullah Mansur, Jeevan Shahi and Dina Upadhyay.