Gagan Thapa-led Nepali Congress Committee Set to Assume Office After Electoral Victory

Summary

Gagan Thapa-led Nepali Congress committee, elected during the special general convention, is set to assume office at the party headquarters in Sanepa.

Key Points
  • Gagan Thapa was unanimously elected President of the Nepali Congress at the special general convention.
  • The special general convention elected a 135-member central working committee.
  • The committee includes Vice Presidents Bishwaprakash Sharma and Pushpa Bhusal, and General Secretaries Gururaj Ghimire and Pradip Paudel.
  • The Election Commission recognized the Thapa-led committee after rejection by factions led by Sher Bahadur Deuba and Dr. Shekhar Koirala, and the Supreme Court declined interim relief for those factions.
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