KATHMANDU, Oct 10: Gagan Kumar Thapa has been elected president of the Nepali Congress (NC), securing 6,584 votes in the party’s 15th General Convention.
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His rival, Shyam Krishna Khadgi, received 375 votes, while 54 ballots were declared invalid. Of the 7,317 convention representatives, 7,039 cast their votes.
Vote counting for other office-bearer positions will begin Saturday afternoon at the party’s central office in Sanepa, Lalitpur, following a meeting with candidates for vice-president and general secretary scheduled for 1 pm.
