KATHMANDU, Jan 3: Pushpa Kamal Dahal has been unanimously reelected as the chairman of the CPN (Maoist Center). A meeting of the newly-elected Central Committee of the party unanimously elected Dahal as the chairman of the party.
Meanwhile, members of the newly-elected Central Committee of the party have taken oath. The newly-elected central members took oath before the meeting of the Central Committee that was held at the Heritage Garden in Sanepa, Lalitpur.
Dahal unanimously elected as Maoist Center PP leader
The newly-elected central members were sworn in by the party's Central Election Commission Chairman Bishnu Pukar Shrestha. The 8th National General Convention of the Maoist Center, which started on December 26, elected 236 central members on Sunday. The number includes 111 from the open category and 125 from the inclusive category.
The Maoist Center amended the statute with a provision to have a 299-member Central Committee. A total of 15 percent CC members will be nominated by the Central Committee.
The first meeting of the Central Committee has started after the oath taking ceremony on Monday afternoon. The Central Committee meeting is expected to elect the party’s central office bearers.
The Maoist Center has 15 members including a chairman, a senior vice chairman, six vice chairmen, a general secretary, two deputy general secretaries, three secretaries and a treasurer in the office bearers’ body.
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