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Khadka and Gurung elected Congress vice presidents, Gagan Thapa and Vishwaprakash Sharma elected general secretary

Kathmandu. Purna Bahadur Khadka and Dhanraj Gurung have been elected as the Vice Presidents of the Nepali Congress. The election committee has announced that Khadka and Gurung have been elected as per the vote count. According to the Election Committee, Khadka got 2121 votes and Gurung got 1908 votes. Deuba candidate Vijay Kumar Gachchhadar was defeated by two votes.

After losing by two votes as per the public opinion results on Wednesday night, Gachchhadar of the establishment group has submitted a petition to the Election Committee demanding a recount. Gachchhadar got 1906 votes, Chandra Bhandari got 1580 votes, Sujata Koirala got 644 votes, Mahesh Acharya got 589 votes and Divyashwori Shah got 132 votes.

Similarly, Gagan Kumar Thapa and Bishwaprakash Sharma have been elected as general ministers from the 14th general convention. Six candidates had filed nominations for the post. Gagan and Vishwaprakash have been elected in the recent counting of votes. It will take some time for the election committee to make an official announcement. The Sanepa premises are now cordoned off to celebrate the victory of the cadres and to report to the media.

Both the general secretaries have said that they will form a Congress that unites all. Bishwaprakash Sharma said that he will tell everything about the upcoming journey by covering the soil of Sundarijal. Thapa and Bishwaprakash have been crushed by the cadres who reached Sanepa when the counting of votes of the Nepali Congress reached its final stage. Gagan and Bishwaprakash defeated four other contestants in the counting held at the party office, Sanepa on Thursday.

Popular among the younger generation, both of them are known as role models of change. After the voting on Sunday, the ballot boxes were kept at the party office and counted on Thursday morning. Dr. Prakash Sharan Mahat, Minendra Rijal, Rajaram Karki and Pradip Poudel were in the fray for the post.

About Gagan Thapa:
It is believed that the real political journey of Gagan Thapa, who was active in the Jana Andolan of 2046 BS, started when he started studying on campus. After starting his studies at Trichandra Campus, he was elected as a member of the Trichandra Independent Students’ Union in 2051 BS.

Thapa, who became the president and also the member secretary of the self-help group, was included in the central politics of the Nepali Union in 2055 BS. Thapa, who was the General Secretary of the Nepali Union from 2059 BS to 2061 BS, became a Proportional CA member in the 2006 election. He was elected from Kathmandu-4 in the second Constituent Assembly election. Thapa, who took charge as the health minister when Prachanda, the chairman of the Maoist center, became the prime minister, played a pivotal role in the government.  In the 12th General Convention of the Nepali Congress, he got the highest number of votes and became a central member.

About Vishwaprakash Sharma:
Bishwaprakash Sharma, who became popular among the youth in the politics of the Nepali Congress, was born on 6 Push 2027 in Shantinagar, Jhapa. He has been involved in politics since his school days. He was arrested for the first time while studying in class 9.

Sharma, who became the district president of Nevisangha Jhapa in 2047 BS and became a central member of Nevisangha in 2048 BS, became the general secretary of Nevisangha in 2053 BS. In 2053, he became the Central Vice President of the Navy Union.

Sharma, who became the central president of the Nepali Union in 2057 BS, became the General Convention delegate of the Nepali Congress in 2057 BS. After the politics of Nevisangha, Sharma became involved in party politics. After the defeat of the Jhapa district president in the 12th general convention, he became interested in politics.

Sharma, who was elected as a central member of the Nepali Congress from the 13th General Convention, became the spokesperson of the Nepali Congress in 2074 BS. Sharma, who became the head of the Information, Communication, and Publicity Department in 2076 BS, became the spokesperson and succeeded in showing exemplary work.

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