LAHAN: Bijay Yadav has been elected the chair of Federal Socialist Forum-Nepal (FSF-N) Province 2.

In a vote for its Province 2 working committee, FSF-N central treasurer and State Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning Bijay Yadav defeated former minister and FSFN vice-chair Renu Yadav by 37 votes.

According to the vote count results disclosed last night, Bijay Yadav mustered 184 votes against his arch-rival Renu Yadav's 147. There were total 405 voters in the state committee.