15th General Convention: NC picking new leadership through voting today

KATHMANDU: Voting is taking place today to pick a new central working committee of the Nepali Congress (NC) under its 15th General Convention underway in Kathmandu.

According to a notice issued by the Election Committee’s member-secretary Raju Katwal, voting to select the new leadership will start from 1.00 pm today.

At the general convention, 7,255 delegates will cast their vote to elect the new central committee.

The election committee had already released the final list of aspirants running for president, other office-bearers, and central members on Wednesday evening.

Earlier, the committee had announced that voting would start at 7:00 am today. However, due to heavy rain and some technical issues, the election committee said the voting time was postponed for 1.00 pm.

Prem Bahadur Khadka, convener of the central election committee, informed that voting will take place from 1.00 pm.