Kathmandu, September 6:

The CPN-UML Syangja-Kathmandu Contact Forum today held its eighth convention and elected a 12-member central committee under the leadership of Khema Nanda Sigdel.

Gopal Bhandari has been elected vice-president, Buddha Thapa secretary, Raj Kumar Wagle joint-secretary and Ramina Shrestha treasurer of the committee.

Sita Bardewa, Deepak Pandey, Bishnu Giri, Dipendra Gahatraj, Hari Pangeni, Umesh Lamsal and Sagar Adhikari are members of the committee, said Raj Kumar.

Minister for Water Resources and UML leader Bishnu Poudel congratulated the newly-elected members and urged them to work for the people.