KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress on Friday elected 22 members of its Parliamentary Party working committee. Of them, 18 are learned to be loyal to party President Sher Bahadur Deuba while four belong to the rival faction led by Ram Chandra Paudel. The election was held in Singh Durbar at 9 am. As many as 42 lawmakers had filed candidacy for 22 positions of the Nepali Congress PP working committee membership yesterday. Rajeev Bikram Shah was unanimously elected as he was the only contender for the one member reserved position for lawmakers from the backward region. According to the new party statute, the party lawmakers had to choose one member from each of the seven provinces and two Madhesi women, one Madhesi man, one Dalit woman, one Dalit man, two Janajati women, two Janajati men, two Khas-Arya women, one Khas-Arya man, one member from the backward region and one each from Tharu and Muslim communities. Category Elected candidates Votes Madhes women Pramila Devi Das 112 Rashmi Thakur 120 Madhes man Ram Ayodhya Prasad Yadav 123 Dalit woman Asha BK 124 Dalit man Narbhan Kami 105 Indigenous women Gyan Kumari Chhantyal 109 Asha Gurung 108 Indigenous men Tirtha Lama 111 Aang Tawa Sherpa 104 Khas Arya women Gita Wagle 121 Madhu Shahi Thakuri 119 Khas Arya man Rajan KC 118 Tharu Bhotani Devi Khawas 107 Muslim Abdul Rajjak 139 Province 1 Deepak Khadka 103 Province 2 Prem Kishor Prasad Sah Teli 109 Province 3 Dhyan Govinda Ranjit 117 Province 4 Ram Chandra Pokharel 109 Province 5 Bikram Khanal 111 Province 6 Tapta Bahadur Bista 120 Province 7 Bharat Bahadur Khadka 110