Sauraha, Nov 29 -Ishwar Pokhrel and Shankar Pokhrel have been elected unopposed Senior Vice- Chair and General Secretary of the new CPN (UML) leadership. Similarly, Pradeep Kumar Gyawali, Prithivi Subba Gurung and Bishnu Rimal have been picked as Deputy General Secretaries. Their nominations were declared today morning after the end of deadline for the candidacy nomination set by the party central election commission in the ongoing UML 10th National Congress in Sauraha in Chitwan district.

Sitting UML Chair KP Sharma Oli and Vice Chair Dr Bhim Rawal have filed their candidacies for the post of chair. Ghana Shyam Bhusal, Bhim Acharya and Tanka Karki have decided to file their candidacies for the posts of chairperson and secretary respectively against the candidates proposed by UML Chair Oli in the closed session.

Candidacies have been filed for some central members and the final name-list of the candidates would be published after completing due procedures including the verification process, said the election commission chair Dr Bijaya Subba. It takes at least 12 hours to entry data in the electric voting machine. So voting may begin by tonight, he said. (RSS)