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Kathmandu Wednesday November 29, 2000 Mangshir 14, 2057.
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Over 60 pc seats for Koirala supporters
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Nov 28 - Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala can
now expect an easy win in the race to the coveted post of ruling party’s President,
as majority of the members for the general convention and the district chairmen are
elected from his camp. According to the results of NC district level elections received
till today evening, the Koirala camp has bagged about two-third of the seats for the
general convention representatives.
The preliminary results obtained so far show that out of 800
convention representatives, Koirala camp has bagged over 530 seats while Deuba camp is
trailing with just 270 seats.
The position of district chairman in Kathmandu went to
Koirala supporter and State Minister for Health Tirtha Ram Dangol who garnered a total of
308 votes against 113 obtained by pro-Deuba candidate Dhyangovinda Ranjit. Damodar Gautam
who was a rebel candidate but a Koirala supporter bagged 19 votes.
In Lalitpur, Sagar Shamser Rana, a Koirala supporter won the
position of district chairman.
Likewise in the Prime Minister’s home district Morang,
his close aide Ashok Koirala won the election by a comfortable majority. In today’s
nation-wide election for the district committee of the party, eight of the district
chairmen were elected unopposed while the elections in Bhaktapur, Arghakhanchi, Ilam and
Udaypur were postponed due to various reasons.
According to a report from Dang, Tirtha Raj Sharma (Chaitu),
a close aide of former minister and Deuba’s ally Khum Bahadur Khadka won the election
of district chairman by 145 votes against 99 votes against his rival former MP Yagya
Bahadur Budhathoki.
Mukti Prasad Sharma from Pyuthan won the chairmanship by 117
against his rival’s 40 votes. Ramkrishna Yadav, was elected chairman in Dhanusha and
Nandamani Rai was elected in Bhojpur. All the three are believed to be Koirala supporter.
Raghunath Poudel in Tanahu defeated his rival Ramchandra
Pokharel by 134 to 128. Poudel is backed by former Home Minister Govinda Raj Joshi.
Yagya Bahadur Khatri in Jajarkot won the election defeating
his rival and former MP Jhalaknath Wagle, a supporter of NC General Secretary Shushil
Koirala. In Sindhupalchowk, Deuba supporter MP Mohan Bahadur Basnet was elected as the
district chairman. He defeated his rival Bhupendra Bahadur Thapa by 165 against 128 votes.
Arun Prakash Singh Rathaur in Bardiya representing the Deuba
camp won the election for district chairman today. He defeated his rival Narayan Prasad
Upadhyay by 99 to 88 votes.
MP Mohammed Aftab Alam from Rautahat was elected district
president defeating his rival former MP Brij Kishor Singh by 223 to 169 votes. He has
chosen to remain non-aligned for the time being.
Jeevan Bahadur Shahi, a Koirala supporter was elected the
district chairman in Humla. Likewise Satya Raj Bhandari from Bajhang, also from Koirala
camp defeated his rival former MP Naresh Bahadur Singh by 83 to 65 votes.
Tapta Bahadur Bista in Surkhet was elected the party’s
district chairman beating his rival Durga Keshar Khanal by 150 to 101 votes. Rajan Prasad
Pant, of Koirala camp, defeated former MP Hari Prasad Nepal by 221 to 122 in district
chairman election in Palpa.
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