Basnet elected RSP district chair thru voting in Sindhuli

KATHMANDU: Abinash Basnet has been elected district chair of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) in Sindhuli district.

The first district convention of the party opted for voting to select its leadership after efforts for a consensus-based committee turned unsuccessful.

In the voting held on Saturday, Basnet secured 181 votes against 88 obtained by his nearest competitor Brikh Abrader (Ashok) Bamjan. Likewise, the third contender Karna Bahadur Karki for the post got four votes.

Similarly, Ramchandra Adhikari won the election for vice-chair with 103 votes while his nearest competitor Sagar Khatri secured 92 followed by Dilip Jung Thapa’s 66 votes.

Lal Prasad (LP) Devkota has been elected the district secretary with 186 votes while his competitor Rom Bahadur Devkota received 71.

Dinesh Prasad Sapkota (Motu) secured 130 votes win the election for the joint-secretary while his nearest rival Ramesh Khatri received 116.

For the open member position, Diwas Pahadi was elected, while, Kumar Rasaili was elected as a Dalit member.

Towards women members, Surya Kumari Gautam and Sunita Gajurel were elected unopposed.

Bamjan who was defeated in the race for the district chair has been nominated as a District Committee member as per the party statute.

Remaining two members on the new committee shall be nominated by the first meeting of the District Committee.

Similarly, Manish Karki has been elected the coordinator for Sindhuli constituency 1 and Kailash Thapa for the constituency 2. There were a total of 274 representatives for the convention.