Nepali Congress Leadership Set to Be Absent from New House of Representatives

It has been confirmed that not a single office-bearer from the Nepali Congress will be present in the upcoming House of Representatives.

This situation arises for the office-bearers, including President Gagan Thapa, who emerged from the special general convention held from Poush 27 to 30.

The special general convention had unanimously elected 13 office-bearers, none of whom are expected to make it to the House of Representatives.

President Thapa is a direct candidate in Sarlahi 4. As of the time of preparing this news, he has received less than 6,000 votes, trailing behind the Rastriya Swatantra Party candidate Dr. Amaresh Kumar Singh.

Vice Presidents Bishwaprakash Sharma and Pushpa Bhusal did not contest the House of Representatives election this time.

General Secretaries Pradip Paudel and Gururaj Ghimire were defeated in the direct elections. Paudel was defeated in Kathmandu-5, and Ghimire in Morang-4.

Paudel was defeated by Rastriya Swatantra Party candidate Sasmik Pokhrel in Kathmandu-5. Pokhrel was elected with 30,737 votes, while the nearest rival, Congress candidate Pradip Paudel, secured only 9,159 votes.

Ghimire was defeated by Rastriya Swatantra Party's Santosh Rajbanshi in Morang-4. Rajbanshi was elected with 40,833 votes, while Ghimire, the nearest rival, managed only 12,818 votes.

Eight Joint General Secretaries were elected from the special general convention. Women's Joint General Secretary Dr. Dila Sangraula Pant did not contest this election. Dalit Cluster Joint General Secretary Prakash Snehi Rasaili was a direct candidate from Bajhang. He was defeated by CPN-UML candidate Ain Mahar.

Mahar was elected with 18,543 votes, while the nearest rival Rasaili secured only 16,304 votes.

Adivasi Janajati Cluster Joint General Secretary Bahadur Singh Lama was a member of the Bagmati Provincial Assembly and therefore did not contest the House of Representatives election. He is also the former Chief Minister of Bagmati Province.

Khas Arya Cluster Joint General Secretary Udaya Shamsher Rana was a direct candidate from Lalitpur-1. He was defeated by Rastriya Swatantra Party candidate Buddharatna Maharjan. Maharjan was elected with 23,373 votes, while Rana, the nearest rival, secured only 13,520 votes.

Mukta Kumari Yadav, who became Joint General Secretary from the Madhesi Cluster, did not contest as a candidate in the House of Representatives election, neither directly nor proportionally.

Muslim Cluster Joint General Secretary Farmullah Mansur was defeated in Bara-3. Mansur was defeated by Rastriya Swatantra Party candidate Arbind Sah. Sah was elected with 40,697 votes, while Mansur secured only 10,052 votes.

Yogendra Chaudhary, who became Joint General Secretary in the Tharu Cluster, is also certain to face defeat. However, the result has not yet been announced. He was a direct candidate from Dang-1. Chaudhary is trailing by a wide margin behind Rastriya Swatantra Party candidate Devraj Pathak. Pathak secured 18,342 votes, while Chaudhary managed only 7,193 votes.

Karna Bahadur Buda, who became Joint General Secretary from the Backward Region Cluster, is also a direct candidate. Buda is trailing by a wide margin behind CPN (UML) candidate Dhan Bahadur Buda. Dhan Bahadur received 2,094 votes, while Karna Bahadur received only 427 votes.