Kathmandu, October 12
Chandra Bhandari, Madhu Acharya and Binod Chaudhary have been elected vice presidents of the Nepali Congress.
In the open category, Bhandari won with the highest tally of 3,735 votes. Madhu Acharya also won a vice-president post in this category, with 2,342 votes.
In the inclusive category, Binod Chaudhary was elected with 1,745 votes.
Among the other open-category candidates, Govinda Bhattarai received 1,752 votes, Surendra Raj Pandey 1,673, Dhanraj Gurung 1,596, Deepak Giri 923 and Prof. Dr. Chandra Mohan Yadav 760.
In the inclusive category, Jiwan Pariyar received 1,658 votes, Farmullah Mansur 1,144, Sita Gurung 1,112 and Ranjit Karn 562.
Pushpa Bhusal had earlier been elected unopposed as women’s vice president. Bishwa Prakash Sharma was also elected unopposed as senior vice president.
The Congress’s amended statute provides for five vice presidents, including the senior vice president.
Pradip Paudel, Udaya Shumsher Rana and Dila Sangraula have been elected general secretaries of the Congress.
