Nepali Congress President Gagan Thapa has included leaders from the factions of former party president Sher Bahadur Deuba and senior leader Shekhar Koirala in the party’s central committee.
Leaders aligned with Deuba and Koirala had not participated in the special general convention held in January.
Therefore, Thapa nominated 19 leaders close to Deuba and Koirala to the central committee on Monday.
According to the party’s central office, Thapa nominated general convention representatives as central committee members under Article 21 (10) of the party statute, 2017 (with amendments).
Thapa nominated former joint general secretary Mahendra Yadav and Jeevan Pariyar as central committee members. Yadav is close to Deuba, while Pariyar is aligned with Koirala.
This is the first time since the special general convention that Thapa has nominated members to the central committee.
A total of 133 central committee members were unanimously selected during the special general convention in January.
Newly nominated central committee members
Mahendra Yadav – Dhanusha
Jeevan Pariyar – Kaski
Umesh Shrestha – Chitwan
Ramesh Rijal – Parsa
Sujata Koirala – Morang
Dilendra Prasad Badu – Darchula
Chandrakanta Bhandari – Gulmi
Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya – Parsa
Laxmi Pariyar – Udayapur
Anggelu Sherpa – Solukhumbu
Dinesh Kumar Yadav – Saptari
Rajeev Koirala – Sunsari
Rajeev Dhungana – Sunsari
Govinda Raj Pokharel – Pyuthan
Sushila Mishra Bhatta – Kailali
Nagina Yadav – Mahottari
Dinesh Koirala – Chitwan
Jeevan Rana – Kailali
Sita Thapaliya (Urmila) – Dhading
