Kathmandu. The Rashtriya Prajatantra Party is going to the polls today for new leadership. Chairman Kamal Thapa, Pashupati Shamsher Rana, and Prakash Chandra Lohani inaugurated the Ekta General Convention at Bhrikuti Mandap on Wednesday.
The closed session of the General Convention started at Bhrikuti Mandap immediately after the inaugural session. RPP leader Banshi Kumar Sharma informed me that the election process will start on Thursday. Kamal Thapa and Rajendra Lingden have already announced their candidacies for the post.
According to RPP, there will be fierce competition between Thapa and Linden. Sharma informed that the General Convention will elect a new leadership of 141 members including the chairperson, vice-chairperson, and general secretary. He said that the chairperson, four vice-chairpersons, and three general secretaries would be elected.
There is a provision in the RPP’s constitution that the elected chairperson will nominate 50 central members including some office-bearers. According to Banshi Kumar Sharma, the elected chairperson will nominate seven joint general secretaries, seven assistant general secretaries, one treasurer, a spokesperson, a joint spokesperson, and an assistant treasurer.
He said that about 4200 delegates from all over the country were participating in the convention. The delegates said they would take part in the voting.
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