Congress: Bahadur Singh Lama elected joint general secretary for indigenous nationalities

Bahadur Singh Lama Tamang has won the joint general secretary post for the indigenous nationalities (Adibasi Janajati) category under Nepali Congress's 15th General Convention. Lama, a former chief minister of Bagmati Province, was elected with an overwhelming number of votes from the indigenous nationalities cluster.

According to results released by the election committee, Lama received 3,245 votes. His closest competitor, Om Bahadur Ghartimagar, received 1,446 votes.

Among the other candidates for the same post, Taraman Gurung received 863 votes, Dilman Pakhrin received 622 votes, and Prashant Mansingh Maske received 246 votes.

Vote counting for other various posts in the Central Working Committee under the General Convention is still ongoing.