Congress open central member race: Chiribabu Maharjan leads; Dr DB Sunar tops Dalit category

Chiribabu Maharjan has maintained his lead in the vote count for open central member under Nepali Congress's 15th General Convention. Out of 5,400 votes counted, Maharjan has received 4,149 votes.

Nishkal Rai is in second place with 3,840 votes.

For the central member (Dalit open) category, out of 6,500 votes counted, Dr DB Sunar has received the highest count of 3,160 votes. Results for all 8 central members from the Dalit cluster have also been made public, including the names of Dr DB Sunar, Sagar Pariyar and Harisharan Nepali.

In the vote count for joint general secretary (Khas Arya category), Manojmani Acharya is leading. It has been said that complete results of the ongoing vote count for selection of the Central Working Committee will be made public by tonight.