The 10th General Convention of the Nepali Congress was held in Pokhara, Nepal, from 19 to 22 January 2001. The event was organized in the midst of severe political instability, parliamentary deadlock, the growing Maoist insurgency, and just months before the June 2001 royal palace massacre. Delegates at the convention discussed several critical matters, including economic policy responses, the Maoist insurgency, and law and order concerns.During the five-day hectic activities, Nepali Congress delegates discussed some very important issues including economic policies, Maoist problems and law and ...
Leadership election The convention re-elected incumbent party president and Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala for a second term. He won with 936 votes (64%) out of 1,453 valid ballots, defeating former prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba (507 votes) and former minister Ram Hari Joshi (10 votes).
Candidate Votes % Girija Prasad Koirala 936 64.4 Sher Bahadur Deuba 507 34.9 Total 1,453 100 Central Working Committee elections The convention also elected members of the party's Central Working Committee (CWC).
Candidate Votes Ram Chandra Paudel 1,015 Shailaja Acharya 898 Prakash Man Singh 850 Khum Bahadur Khadka 812 Parakeet Koirala 794 Mahesh Acharya 781 Sushil Koirala 776 Pradeep Giri 662 Narahari Acharya 653 Arjun Narasingha KC 652 Baldev Sharma Majgainya 593 Krishna Prasad Sitaula 586 Mahantha Thakur 583 Bala Bahadur Rai 580 Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar 575 Govind Raj Joshi 569 Bimalendra Nidhi 566 Chiranjibi Wagle 540 Total1,453
Nominated members Party president Koirala also nominated the following leaders to the CWC: Krishna Prasad Bhattarai Sher Bahadur Deuba Basu Risal Nona Koirala Dil Bahadur Gharti Ram Krishna Tamrakar Sunil Kumar Bhandari Farmullah Mansur Purna Kumar Sharma
Aftermath On 25 September 2001, Koirala nominated Govind Raj Joshi as joint general secretary, Arjun Narasingha KC as party spokesman and Mahantha Thakur as treasurer.
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