Karnali ex-CM Jivan Bahadur Shahi elected Congress joint general secretary

Jivan Bahadur Shahi has been elected joint general secretary for the backward region quota under Nepali Congress's 15th General Convention. He was declared winner for the post after the convention's vote count.

In the counting, Shahi secured 3,906 votes. His closest rival, Janak Raj Giri, received 1,376 votes. Shahi thus defeated Giri by a margin of 2,530 votes.

Shahi is a former chief minister of Karnali Province. He also serves as the leader of the Nepali Congress parliamentary party in the Karnali Provincial Assembly.

Elections for various posts are underway at Congress's 15th General Convention. With the result for the backward region joint general secretary post now out, Shahi has been elected to the party's central office-bearer position.