Pandey loses both general secretary & central member seats

KATHMANDU: In the 11th National Convention of the CPN-UML, former vice-chair and candidate for general secretary, Surendra Prasad Pandey, was defeated and also failed to secure a central member seat.

Pandey lost the general secretary race to Shankar Pokhrel, who received 1,228 votes against Pandey’s 999.

His performance in the central member election was similarly weak, garnering only 961 votes.

The convention saw a strong show of support for incumbent party chair KP Sharma Oli, who won the presidential election by a large margin, while candidates aligned with his faction dominated both the office-bearer and central member polls.