Gagan Thapa has been elected president of the Nepali Congress (NC) unopposed during the party's second Special General Convention.
The convention, which commenced on Sunday backed by the signatures of more than 60 percent of general convention delegates, elected Thapa as president without any opposition.
The Special General Convention also unanimously elected other office-bearers. Sitaram KC, the coordinator of the Election Committee, announced the names of the elected officials at the convention hall at 12:30 am Thursday morning.
Newly Elected Leadership
President: Gagan Thapa
Vice Presidents: Bishwa Prakash Sharma and Pushpa Bhusal
General Secretaries: Guru Raj Ghimire and Pradip Paudel
Joint General Secretaries (Cluster-based):
Muslim: Farmullah Mansur
Madhesi: Mukta Kumari Yadav
Dalit: Prakash Rasaili
Women: Dila Sangroula Panta
Indigenous Nationalities: Bahadur Singh Lama
Khas Arya: Udaya Shumsher Rana
Tharu: Yogendra Chaudhary
Backward Community: Karna Budha
The new central committee was elected at Bhrikutimandap after talks with NC President Sher Bahadur Deuba, which began Sunday morning itself, failed to yield results.
The faction organizing the Special General Convention had proposed that Deuba retire from his active role in the party. They further proposed that NC should declare Thapa as the future prime minister and contest the upcoming elections under his leadership. Deuba and leaders from his faction did not agree to these terms.
Immediately following this deadlock, the NC central committee meeting held at the party headquarters in Sanepa took disciplinary action against three leaders. The meeting decided to suspend General Secretaries Gagan Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma, along with Joint General Secretary Farmullah Mansur, removing them even from their ordinary membership of the party.
The Special General Convention then proceeded to elect the new party leadership after disciplinary action against the three leaders.
