KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress president Gagan Thapa administered the oath of office and secrecy to the newly elected office bearers and central committee members on Thursday.
The ceremony was held at the party’s central office, BP Smriti Bhawan, in Sanepa, Lalitpur. With this, the new central working committee elected during the 15th general convention has officially assumed its responsibilities.
Raju Katuwal, member secretary of the central election committee, stated that the swearing-in ceremony was conducted in a different format this time, incorporating both the distribution of certificates and the formal assumption of office. President Thapa had already taken his oath of office and secrecy on Oct. 31.
The final results of the 15th general convention, held in Kathmandu from Oct. 18 to 23, were announced on Oct. 30. Thapa was elected president with 94 percent of the votes. The convention elected Bishwaprakash Sharma as senior vice president, Chandra Kanta Bhandari and Madhu Acharya as open vice presidents, Pushpa Bhusal as women’s vice president, and Binod Chaudhary as inclusive vice president. Pradeep Paudel, Udaya Shamsher Rana, and Dila Sangroula were elected as general secretaries.
According to the election committee, the counting of votes from 7,392 voters was completed in one week. Approximately 162,000 ballot papers were counted for the 229 positions contested in the election.
