KATHMANDU, Jan 6: Karan Chaudhary has been elected unopposed as the president of the NADA Automobiles Association of Nepal.
Chaudhary was elected unopposed with the backing of aspirants for the post of CEO, including Akash Gochha, Prakash Kapuri, and Navraj Dallakoti. Chaudhary has become the youngest ever president of NADA.
Karan Chaudhary announces his candidacy for NADA president
Heading Suzuki four-wheelers, a company under CG Holdings, Chaudhary is also the Executive Director of Nepal Lube Oil Ltd, a distributor and producer of golf lubricants.
Chaudhary stated, "The entire auto sector is currently facing challenges, and our first priority will be to address those challenges collectively. We aim to amplify the voice of all auto and auto-related businesses in Nepal, drawing attention from relevant authorities. I plan to address small issues on a larger scale."
With only the required number of candidates registering for the working committee, all members were unopposed. According to NADA's statute, office-bearers are elected from among the members, which include Rajan Babu Shrestha, Surendra Kumar Upreti, Milan Babu Malla, Dipendra Kumar Mishra, Pankaj Agarwal, Kapil Siwakoti, Bikram Singhania, Navraj Bhusal, Akash Golcha, Nirakar Shrestha, Sunil Rijal, Pradipman Pradhan, Sanjay Kumar Khetan, Saurabh Thapa, Riddhi Karki, Yamuna Shrestha, and Prakash Kapuri.
Similarly, from the institutional side, members that were elected unopposed are Sanjay Kumar Shrestha from Automobiles Dealers Association Morang, Tej Narayan Shah from Automobiles Association of Nepal Janaki, Kul Bahadur Chhetri from Automobiles Association Chitwan, Krishna Prasad Shrestha from Paschimanchal Automobiles Dealers Association, Ganesh Prasad Bhattarai from Lumbini Automobiles Association of Nepal, Bhadra Bhandari from Karnali Paschim Automobiles Dealers Association, and Pushkar Raj Ojha of Sudurpaschim Automobiles Dealers Association.