Vote count for NC’s General Secretary begins

KATHMANDU, December 16: The vote count for the post of the General Secretary of the ruling Nepali Congress (NC) in the 14th General Convention of the party has begun from 10:20 AM on Thursday.

As per the party statute, voting for the posts of two general secretaries were held earlier on Monday.

According to Sita Ram KC, a member of the central election committee of the party, the vote count began at10:209 AM this morning and the results will be out by next six hours. 

Leaders Gagan Thapa, Dr Prakashman Singh, Pradip Poudel, Dr Minendra Rijal, Dr Rajaram Karki and Biswaprakash Sharma are vying for the post.

As many as 4,743 delegates cast their votes on Monday to elect 13 office bearers and 121 central members.

Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has already been elected the President of the party for the second time. Likewise, Purna Bahadur Khadka and Dhanraj Gurung have been elected the Vice Presidents of the party.

The 13 office bearers of the party includes one President, two Vice Presidents, two general secretaries and eight deputy general secretaries.