Congress convention: co-general secretary result due today, open central member count from Tuesday

Counting of votes cast for open-category central members at the Nepali Congress's 15th General Convention will begin at 8 am on Tuesday.

According to a notice issued Monday by Raju Katuwal, member secretary of the Central Election Committee, the count will take place at the party's central office, BP Smriti Bhawan, in Sanepa, Lalitpur. The committee's notice states that candidates for central member posts will not be allowed to appoint another representative besides themselves.

The committee said counting for the posts of co-general secretary from the backward region, and for open and women central members, would begin at 12:30 pm on Monday. Counting for central members elected from Sudurpashchim Province under the women's, open and under-35 youth quotas was also scheduled to start at the same time.

Voting for various posts on the Central Working Committee has been counted in phases since 9 pm on Asoj 23. Convener Prem Bahadur Khadka said counting for the co-general secretary post is ongoing, and preparations are under way to announce the final result by Monday afternoon.

He said preparations were also under way to begin counting for central members elected under the public relations committee's quota. The Election Committee said counting for the remaining group posts is proceeding in parallel.