Congress convention: Bhandari leads for vice president, Paudel for general secretary

KATHMANDU: The vote counting for the 15th general convention of the Nepali Congress is currently underway. The counting for the positions of vice president and general secretary began on Saturday evening at the party’s central office in Sanepa, Lalitpur.

According to election officials, 2,231 votes have been counted out of a total of 7,043 cast. In the race for vice president, Dr. Chandra Kanta Bhandari is leading with 1,057 votes, followed by E. Madhu Acharya with 712 and Surendra Raj Pandey with 680.