8 for key posts, 353 for CWC file nomination

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KATHMANDU: A total of 361 candidates filed their nomination for the Nepali Congress Central Working Committee membership and three key posts of party president, general secretary and treasurer on the second day of party’s 12th National General Convention on Saturday.

Altogether eight leaders registered their names—three each for presidency and general secretary, and two for treasurer—under three different panels led by the presidential hopefuls: acting president Sushil Koirala, senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba and ideologue Bhim Bahadur Tamang.

Prakash Man Singh (Koirala panel), Bimalendra Nidhi (Deuba panel) and Narahari Acharya (Tamang panel) registered their name for the election of party general secretary, while Chitralekha Yadav (Deuba panel) and Padma Narayan Chaudhary (Koirala panel) claimed their stake over the treasurer post.

The nomination registration was carried out the party central office in Sanepa, Lalitpur from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

99 for 25 open category seats

For the CWC membership, 99 candidates filed their nomination for the 25 seats for open competition.

Ram Chandra Paudel, Ram Sharan Mahat, Kul Bahadur Gurung, Sujata Koirala, Krishna Prasad Sitaula, Arjun Narsingh KC and Amar Raj Kaini are the leaders in this category.

The central leaders who have filed nomination include Shekhar Koirala, Sujata Koirala, Khum Bahadur Khadka, Chakra Bastola, Govinda Raj Joshi and Suprabha Ghimire.


Nepali Congress (NC) acting president Sushil Koirala reaches the party’s central office to file his nomination for party presidency, at Sanepa in Lalitpur on Saturday, September 18, 2010.

For three seats reserved for the Dalits, 25 nominations were filed, while another five nominations were registered for the two seats in the Dalit women category.

Likewise, there were 40 nominations for six reserved women seats, while 15 candidates registered their name for available two seats under the Adivasi Janajati women category. 37 nominations were filed for three Adivasi Janajati seats.

Also 92 candidates filed their nominations from 14 zones. One candidate from each of 14 zones will be elected to the CWC.

The final list of nominees will be published at 10:00 am Sunday morning. The names of all nominees will be put to vote on September 20 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.