Chitwan, June 26: Sovita Guatam has been elected as the vice president (under woman category) in the ongoing general convention of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). She received 789 votes while her rival candidate Tosima Karki got 572.
Similarly, Bipin Kumar Acharya has been elected as the general secretary with 673 votes while his rivals Manish Jha got 346, Gnaesh Karki received 169, Sagar Dhakal got 139 votes and Ranju Darshana garnered 34 votes.
According the election commission, Hari Dhakal and Ashim Shah were elected as the joint general secretary with 404 and 471 votes respectively. Other candidates for the same posts, Pukar Bam received 334 potes, Yagya Mani Neupane (300), Ramesh Prasain (207) Sulav Kharel (291), Ashok Kumar Chaudhary (179) Milan Limbu (151) Rajiv Khatri (148), Bijay Jairu (114) and Himesh Pant got 53 votes.
Likewise, Nisha Dangi has been elected as the joint general secretary under woman category. She received 737. Her rival candidates Rima Bishwakarma received 282, Kamini Kumari Chaudhary (146), Jamuna Sharma (82) and Juli Yadav got 78 votes.
Prior to this, Rabi Lamichhane was elected as the President and Swarnim Wagle as the vice president unanimously. Likewise, Prime minister Balendra Shah was elected as the party’s senior leader.
Earlier, 99 central members were elected in the first round of the election as part of the convention.
