Voting  to elect NC’s leadership in Province-2 underway

KATHMANDU: Voting is taking place to pick a new leadership of the Nepali Congress (NC) in Province-2. 

Though it was scheduled for Wednesday, the Election Committee postponed the voting process and set it for Thursday morning citing delays in the printing of ballot papers. 

Election committee coordinator Prahlad Gautam informed that voting is set to take place at Gopal Dharamshala in Janakpurdham. 

When efforts for picking leadership on consensus remained abortive, both sides intensified their election campaigns separately. 

The establishment side has registered candidacy of its panel under the leadership of NC Rautahat district President Krishna Yadav while another side has presented its panel under the leadership of NC province-2 parliamentary party leader Ramsaroj Yadav. 

As many as 174 candidates have filed their candidacy for a total of 72 posts. Five members among them were already elected unopposed and six have already withdrawn their candidacy. 

As informed there are 2000 voters, including 25 each from 64 provincial electoral constituencies of eight districts in province-2.

The provincial convention of the ruling party in Province 2 had been put off as some electoral constituencies were unable to elect the delegates for the convention. 

The NC is holding its provincial convention in the province a week after it held its general convention in Kathmandu from December 10 to 12.