Counting of votes of General Secretary begins

KATHMANDU: DEC. 16 – The counting of votes for the post of General Secretary of the Nepali Congress will start from this morning. According to the Congress Election Committee, the counting of votes for the General Secretary will start from 8 am.

As there is a young leader candidate for the post of General Secretary, there is a lot of interest in who will win. Prakash Sharan Mahat and Pradip Poudel have been nominated for the post of General Secretary from the panel of president Sher Bahadur Deuba. Gagan Thapa and Minendra Rijal are from Shekhar Koirala’s panel. Bishwa Prakash Sharma, who is also the Congress spokesperson, has also risen to the post of General Secretary.

Although he rose from Prakash Man Singh’s panel to the post of General Secretary, Singh backed Deuba in the second phase of elections. There is a provision in the Congress constitution for two general secretaries.

In the counting of votes held this morning, Purna Bahadur Khadka and Dhanraj Gurung have emerged victorious for the post of vice president.

There were seven candidates for the post of vice-president.