KATHMANDU, Dec 17: Nepali Congress (NC) leaders Mahalaxmi Upadhyay ‘Dina’, Jivan Pariyar and Bhishmaraj Angdambe have been elected Nepali Congress (NC) joint general secretaries from the voting.
In the vote counting held late Thursday, Upadhyay made it to the post by securing 2,533 votes under woman’s quota, defeating another contender Kamala Panta. Panta received 2,105 votes, member of NC central election committee Sitaram KC said.
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Likewise, Pariyar was elected to the post under the Dalit quota by securing 2,212 votes while his nearest rival Man Bahadur Bishwakarma received 2,175 votes.
Similarly, Angdambe got victory with 2,711 votes while his rival Bikash Lama got only 1,913 votes. Angdambe was elected under the indigenous cluster of the NC.
As per the NC statute, there are a total of eight joint general secretaries from various clusters.
(RSS)
