South Asian News Network

Kathmandu, Jan 13: The Special General Convention of the Nepali Congress (NC), which kicked off at Bhrikutimandap on Sunday, has decided to conduct elections in accordance with the party’s existing Statute. An election committee formed by the Convention shared this information at a press meet today. As per the party’s Statute, one president, two vice-presidents, two general secretaries, eight joint general secretaries, and 121 members will be elected, said Election Committee Coordinator and senior advocate Sitaram KC. According to the work procedure drafted and endorsed by the Special General Convention, KC is coordinating a five-member election committee. The event is being attended by factions within the NC that support the Special General Convention organised by the Party Publicity Committee. The 14th General Convention had a total of 4,743 voters. The number has now been reduced to 4,635 after excluding those who have passed away and those who have joined other political parties. As per the election schedule, the voter list has been published at 12:30pm, and claims, objections, and verification of the voter list were scheduled until 1:30pm. Likewise, the final list was published at 2pm, candidate nomination registration was carried out from 2pm to 3pm, and the publication of the list of candidates is set for 4:30pm. Similarly, the notice mentions that the objection to candidacy will be from 4:30pm to 5:00pm, the investigation of objections to candidacy will be from 5:00pm to 5:30pm, the withdrawal of candidacy from 5:30pm to 7:30pm, and the final publication of the list of candidates has been scheduled for 8:45pm.