Kathmandu, October 14
Former Bagmati Province Chief Minister Bahadur Singh Lama has won the post of joint general secretary (Indigenous Nationalities) at the Nepali Congress’s 15th general convention.
Lama received 3,245 votes. His rivals Om Bahadur Gharti Magar received 1,446, Taraman Gurung 863, Dilman Pakhrin 622 and Prashant Mansingh Maske 246.
For the Indigenous Nationalities women’s central member category, 34 candidates contested and 8 were elected, while 41 candidates contested for 12 posts in the open category.
The elected women are Geeta Gurung (2,859 votes), Dr Ganga Laxmi Awal (2,768), Renuka Kauchha Magar (2,392), Sapana Raj Bhandari Joshi (2,351), Sita Kumari Rana Magar (2,132), Pramila Rai (2,020), Lila Devi Bokhim Limbu (1,681) and Punam Lama (1,636).
In the Indigenous Nationalities men’s central member category, the Election Committee said the following were elected: Tirtha Lama (4,425), Er Anup Shrestha (2,551), Dr Premdhwaj Lama (2,505), Karma Tsering Sherpa (2,406), Tekprasad Gurung (2,090), Bhim Shris Magar (2,046), Ramkrishna Chitrakar (1,982), Buddha Lama (1,956), Gelje Lama Sherpa (1,819), Bansha Lal Tamang (1,756), Amrit Gurung (1,689) and Sushil Gurung (1,644).
