Gagan Thapa elected NC President unopposed thru Special Gen Convention

Kathmandu– In a significant shift within Nepal’s oldest democratic party, Gagan Thapa has been elected unopposed as the President of Nepali Congress through the second Special General Convention of the party.

Following internal deliberations, leaders favoring the special convention have moved toward a consensus model to select the party’s top leadership. Sources close to the negotiations indicate that agreements have already been reached for several key office-bearer positions.

According to high-level sources, the following leaders have been finalized for the party’s vital roles:

Vice Presidents: Bishwa Prakash Sharma and Pushpa Bhusal
General Secretaries: Guru Raj Ghimire and Pradip Paudel

The leadership has also reportedly reached a consensus on the eight Joint General Secretary positions, ensuring representation across various clusters. According to a leader privy to the negotiation, Farmullah Mansur has been elected as Joint General Secretary under Muslim cluster, Mukta Kumari Yadav (Madhesi), Prakash Rasaili (Dalit), Dila Sangroula Panta (women), Bahadur Singh Lama (Indigenous Nationality, Udaya Shumsher Rana (Khas Arya), Yogendra Chaudhary (Tharu) and Karna Budha under Backward Region.

Candidates list of NC CWC led by President Gagan Kumar Thapa

1 President: Gagan Kumar Thapa

2 Vice-President: Bishwa Prakash Sharma, Pushpa Bhusal

3 General Secretary: Pradip Paudel and Guru Raj Ghimire

4 Joint General Secretary (Woman): Dr. Dila Sangroula Panta

5 Joint General Secretary (Dalit): Prakash Rasaili Snehi

6 Joint General Secretary (Indigenous Nationalities): Bahadur Singh Lama

7 Joint General Secretary (Khas Arya): Udaya Shumsher Rana

8 Joint General Secretary (Madheshi): Mukta Kumari Yadav

9 Joint General Secretary (Muslim): Farmullah Mansur

10 Central Joint General Secretary (Tharu): Yogendra Chaudhary

11 Central Joint General Secretary (Backward Region): Karna Bahadur Budha

Central Committee Members (Open & Provincial Categories)
12 Central Member (Open): Gopalman Shrestha, Omkar Prasad Shrestha, Arjun Narasingh KC, Rajendra Kumar KC, Arjun Prasad Joshi, Suresh Kumar Yongya, Chinkaji Shrestha, Sudhir Siwakoti, Bharat Shah, Madhu Acharya, Amrit Aryal, Dhurba Wagle, Devraj Chalise, Binod Chaudhary, Mohan Acharya, Ujwal Baral, Janak Giri, Dev Prasad Timilsina, Ajaya Babu Siwakoti, Prem Bahadur Khadka, Jayaram Lamichhane, Basanta Bhattarai, Pradip Sharma, Jagat Joshi, Pramod Hari Guragain, Dr. Kedar Narsingh KC, Bidur Basnet, Tirtha Jung Shahi, Bharat Khadka, Subash Pokharel, Shambhu Budhathoki, Dharma Raj Gautam, Tekraj Paudel, Tilak Ranabhat, Rajendra Gopal Singh

13 Central Member (Woman Open): Champa Devi Khadka, Dhana Khatiwada, Nanu Bastola, Chinu Pokharel, Janaki Singh, Pratima Gautam, Gita Satyal, Santoshi Saud Airee, Dil Kumari Rai

14 Central Member (Koshi Province – Woman): Sharada Devi Koirala

15 Central Member (Koshi Province -Open): Himalaya Karmacharya, Agni Paudel

16 Central Member (Madhesh Province -Woman): Madhu Shahi

17 Central Member (Madhesh Province – Open): Ramananda Yadav, Bajrang Nepali

18 Central Member (Bagmati Province – Woman): Uma Dahal

19 Central Member (Bagmati Province – Open): Jitanarayan Shrestha, Ramesh Dhamala

20 Central Member (Gandaki Province – Woman): Bishnu Devi Pandey

21 Central Member (Gandaki Province – Open): Resham Baniya, Krishna KC

22 Central Member (Lumbini Province – Woman): Pabitra Kumari Aryal

23 Central Member (Lumbini Province – Open): Keshav Acharya, Ram Bahadur Karki

24 Central Member (Karnali Province – Woman): Ram Devi Khadka

25 Central Member (Karnali Province – Open): Dikpal Shahi, Narayan Bhattarai

26 Central Member (Sudurpashchim – Woman): Nipa Chokhyal

27 Central Member (Sudurpashchim – Open): Him Bahadur Rawal, Narendra Prasad Bhat

28 Differently Abled (Open): 1Prakash Pantha

29 Minority (Open): Shivanarayan Singh Gangai

30 Dalit (Woman): Sita Mijar, Chhaya Sunar, Ganga Sunar, Lila Nepali

31Dalit (Open): Maikulal Balmiki, Shiva Bahadur Sunar, Dharma Nepali Darji, Surya BK, Dinesh Sunar

32 Indigenous Nationalities (Woman): Sapana Raj Bhandari, Pramila Rai, Man Kumari Gurung, Kushumdevi Thapa Magar, Liladevi Bokhim Limbu, Dr. Amita Pradhan, Chhindulhomu Sherpa

33Indigenous Nationalities (Open): Taraman Gurung, Astakumar Kabe, Chhanda Bahadur Paharai Magar, Nagendra Kumal, Shambhulal Shrestha, Bhim Srish, Narendra Kerung, Dipan Shrestha

34 Khas Arya (Woman): Uma Siwakoti, Bala Adhikari, Muna Bhusal, Indira Karki, Binita Khadka, Samjhana Khatri

35 Khas Arya (Open): Bijay Swar, Mathura Ghimire, Jagadish Chandra Upadhyay, Bishnu Kumar Karki, Bishwanath Rijal, Keshav Bhetuwal, Kamal Bhusal

36 Madheshi (Woman): Anju Jha, Chandrakala Kumari Yadav, Goma Ansari, Nilam Sah

37 Madheshi (Open): Ram Paltan Shah, Nagendra Shah, Radheshyam Pathak, Sunil Kumar Yadav, Ramrup Prasad

38 Muslim (Woman): Sanam Begam

39 Muslim (Open): Abdul Razzak Gaddi, Abdul Sattar

40 haru (Woman): Navodita Chaudhary, Sunita Rana

41 Tharu (Open): Surendra Prasad Chaudhary, Gopal Dahit

42 Backward Region (Open): Deepak Jang Shah