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Kathmandu Sunday November 26, 2000 Mangshir 11, 2057.
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Koirala camp leading in NC elections
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Nov 25 - The preliminary results of the Nepali Congress’s
local level elections, that elects representatives for the 10th General Convention,
indicates that the Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala’s faction is on the lead.
Of the election concluded in eight districts, Koirala supporters have claimed
major victory in six districts, whilst Sher Bahadur Deuba’s faction has claimed
victory in two districts. Koirala faction has won majority of the general convention
representative seats in Kathmandu, Morang, Dhanusa, Kaski and Rupandehi districts. The
Deuba camp has won Dang and Banke, the home district of NC’s General Secretary and
Koirala’s close aide Sushil Koirala.
According to the party statute, a total of 1,435 representatives, including
the observers, elected from among the active members at the local level will elect the
country’s largest party’s president and the party’s Central Working
Committee (CWC) members in the general convention scheduled for January in Pokhara.
Out of the total 49 representatives who will participate in the general
convention from Kathmandu, Koirala camp has successfully elected at least 39 of the
representatives. The capital city was believed to be a stronghold of Deuba camp.
PM Koirala was elected unanimously as general convention representative from
his home constituency in Morang, yesterday.
A report from Dhanusha, from where former PM Deuba declared his candidacy and
began his election campaign says that two-thirds of the elected representatives are from
the Koirala faction. Out of the 35 general convention representatives from Dhanusha,
Koirala faction has bagged 26 seats.
According to the Dhanusha election results, Minister for Health Ram Baran
Yadav, Members of Parliament, Smriti Narayan Chaudhary and Ananda Prasad Dhungana have
been elected. Similarly, NC CWC member, Leela Koirala has also been elected.
Similarly, seven representatives, including former minister Bimalendra Nidhi
from the Constituency No-4 and two persons, including former MP Shiva Dhari Yadav, were
elected as the representatives. Nidhi and the group is believed to be from Deuba camp.
A report from Kalaiya, Bara district says, the Koirala faction has won the
majority of the convention representative seats here.
Likewise, a report from Pokhara confirmed that Koirala camp has won
overwhelmingly in Kaski district, sweeping away more than 15 seats out of the total 21
representative seats.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Taranath Ranabhat, MPs Prakash
Bahadur Gurung and Mahadev Gurung were elected representatives from the Constituency No-1,
2 and 3 respectively of the Kaski district. The National Assembly member and the chairman
of Kaski district, Shukraraj Sharma has also won the berth for the general convention.
In Rupandehi, home district of Ram Krishna Tamrakar, Minister for Industry,
Commerce and Supplies and a close associate of PM Koirala, the Koirala faction has routed
the rival faction stealing all 28 representatives seats. The election in the Constituency
No 4 has been postponed following a controversy.
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