Congress General Convention: Voting for Kathmandu Metropolis President today

KATHMANDU: OCT. 3 – Voting is being held today for the post of president of Kathmandu Metropolis City under the 14th General Convention of the Nepali Congress. Election for the posts of chairman, deputy chairman, secretary and joint secretary of the metropolitan working committee will be held from 9 am onwards.

Pragatiman Ranjit from the establishment party and Nilkaji Shakya from other groups are contesting for the chairmanship along with the panel. Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba-Krishna Prasad Sitaula and leader Prakash Man Singh-Gagan Thapa will compete. Central member Bhimsen Das Pradhan has formed an alliance with Deuba faction near Sitaula.

Subir Nath Khanal and Bharat Tandukar are contesting for the post of vice-president, Samjhana Bhattarai and Ramesh Upreti are contesting for the post of secretary and Indra Ratna Bajracharya and Muna Sitaula are contesting for the post of joint secretary. Similarly, Santa Kumar Maharjan and Sushil Dhakal are vying for the post of vice-president, Susan Vaidya and Purushottam Khakurel are vying for the post of secretary and Bimala Lamichhane and Amrit Manandhar are vying for the post of joint secretary.

Earlier, the election process started after the inaugural session on Saturday. The members of the working committee have been unanimously elected. At the same time, in Kathmandu Metropolis, the largest local level in the country, the Congress is about to elect a president after two decades.