NC Gen Convention: Nomination period over, know candidates

KATHMANDU: The nomination period of candidates for various positions including 13 office bearers of the ruling Nepali Congress (NC), that began at 10 AM earlier on Saturday, ended at 5 PM.

According to the election committee of the party, as many as six candidates have filed their nominations for the presidential position. 

Yubraj Neupane, Kalyan Gurung and Bimalendra Nidhi are vying for the post. Similarly,  Prakash Man Singh, Dr Shekhar Koirala and Sher Bahadur Deuba also registered their candidacy for the same. 

Seven other candidates filed their candidates for the position of NC vice president. Purna Bahadur Khadka, Mahesh Acharya, Bijaya Kumar Gachchhadar, Sujata Koirala, Dr Chandra Bhandari, Dhanraj Gurung and Divya Shree Pariyar are among the candidates for vice presidential positions. 

Similarly, Dr Minendra Rijal, Gagan Thapa, Bishwo Prakash Sharma, Prakash Sharan Mahat, Raja Ram Karki and Pradeep Poudel are all set to contest for two general secretarial positions. 

As many as twenty candidates filed their nominations for eight positions of joint secretaries-general.