63 withdraw candidacies in NC convention

KATHMANDU: As many as 63 persons have withdrawn their candidacies in the Nepali Congress (NC) 13th general convention, the Election Committee informed.

As many as 375 persons had filed their candidacies for 64 posts of the Central Working Committee (CWC) on Friday.

According to the Election Committee Coordinator Radheshyam Adhikari, 365 persons had filed their candidacies for 61 CWC members and 10 leaders had filed candidacies for three top positions president, general secretary and treasurer.

Nepali Congress 13th General Convention

Candidacies for Central Working Committee

(AFTER CANDIDACIES WITHDRAWN)

Posts

Nominations

Vacancies

President

3

1

General Secretary

3

1

Treasurer

4

1

Central Working Committee members

Open category

90

25

Open category- women

38

6

Provincial representation

67

14

Janajati men

40

3

Janajati women

12

2

Dalit men

20

3

Dalit women

5

2

Muslim

6

1

Madhesi men

15

3

Madhesi women

9

2

Total CWC members

302

61

CWC including office bearers

312

64

The Election Committee had published the final list of the candidates at 11:00 am today after giving two hours for the candidates to withdraw their candidacy beginning 9:00 am.

Now, 312 persons would vie in the election for 64 positions to be held on Sunday.

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