Gagan Thapa re-elected Nepali Congress president
Summary
Gagan Kumar Thapa has been re-elected president of the Nepali Congress with 6,584 votes at the party’s 15th general convention, while his rival Shyam Krishna Khadgi received 375. Thapa, a former student activist and minister, has pushed for youth participation and party reforms.
Key Points
- Gagan Kumar Thapa was re-elected president of the Nepali Congress with 6,584 votes at the party’s 15th general convention.
- His rival Shyam Krishna Khadgi received 375 votes, and 54 of the 7,013 ballots were invalid.
- Thapa has a long political career spanning student activism, the Constituent Assembly, Parliament, and cabinet service.
- He and Bishwa Prakash Sharma called for a special convention after the Gen Z movement to increase youth participation and reform the party.
