NC General Convention: 548 candidates for 134 positions

KATHMANDU: A total of 548 candidates have filed their nominations for 134 positions of the central executive committee of the ruling Nepali Congress (NC) in the ongoing 14th General Convention. 

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. 

The NC delegates from all across the country will elect two vice presidents and general secretaries each. 

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.

A total of 509 candidates registered their nominations for different clusters of the central committee.