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.