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KATHMANDU: As many as 63 persons have withdrawn their candidacies in the Nepali Congress (NC) 13th general convention, the Election Committee informed.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(AFTER CANDIDACIES WITHDRAWN)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