Congress General Convention: Who is contesting for the post of joint general secretary?
Kathmandu. The first list of candidates who contested for the post of joint general secretary in the 15th general convention of the Nepali Congress has been made public. According to the details made public by the election committee, candidacies have been filed from different groups for the post of joint general secretary.
There are 10 candidates for the two posts of open joint general secretary.
Ajaya Babu Shiwakoti, Amrit Kumar Aryal, Devendra Raj Kandel, Dinesh Koirala, Dilliram Subedi, Bikash Koirala, Bimal Raj Chhetri, Ramesh Prasad Dhamala, Ramhari Khatiwada and Rajiv Dhungana are in the open category.
Nanumaiya Bastola and Pratima Gautam are in the race for the post of joint general secretary. Om Bahadur Gharti Magar, Taraman Gurung, Dilman Pakhrin, Prashant Man Singh Maskey and Bahadur Singh Lama Tamang are vying for the post of joint general secretary of indigenous nationalities. Narendra Paswan, Prakash Rasaili ‘Snehi’, Man Bahadur Nepali and Laxmi Pariyar are in the fray for the post of Dalit joint general secretary. Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya, Abhishek Pratap Shah, Kiran Yadav, Nagina Yadav, Manish Kumar Mishra, Mahendra Yadav, Mukta Kumari Yadav and Rampaltan Shah are vying for the post of joint general secretary. Jagadishwor Narsingh KC, Manoj Mani Acharya and Shuvaram Basnet are contesting for the post of joint general secretary. Tejulal Chaudhary, Yogendra Chaudhary and Surendra Prasad Chaudhary are in the fray for the post of Tharu joint general secretary. For the post of joint general secretary, Athar Kamal Musalman, Abdul Sattar and Dr. Mohd. Firdaus Alam is the candidate. For the post of joint general secretary, Jeevan Bahadur Shahi, Karna Bahadur Budha, Janak Raj Giri, Ram Bahadur Bista, Narayan Prasad Bhattarai, Min Bahadur Bham and Rajan Kunwar are in the race. Likewise, Anggelu Sherpa, Nagendra Kumar Kumal, Babu Krishna Sapkota and Yogesh Gauchan Thakali are the candidates for the post of joint general secretary from minority and disabled groups. A total of
49 candidates are vying for the 10 posts of joint general secretary. The highest number of candidacies are 10 for two posts under open category and eight for one post under Madhesi category.
The final list will be made public after completing the process of claims, objections and objections to the first list made public by the Election Committee. More than 7,000 delegates are participating in the 15th Congress General Convention to elect a new leadership.


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