Kathmandu, Feb 9: Senior Advocate Rabinarayan Khanal has been elected as Bagmati Province Councilor of the Nepal Bar Council.
A common candidate of the progressive, professional, nationalists and inclusive group, Khanal was elected by securing 2,449 votes to defeat his nearest rival Senior Advocate Parshuram Koirala of the Nepal Democratic Lawyers Association, who got 1,842 votes, according to Senior Advocate Usha Malla Pathak, Chief of the Election Coordination Committee of Bagmati Province.
Similarly, Raju Dhakal was elected the Koshi Province Councilor, Sanjeev Kumar Mallik in Madhesh, Dayaram Gautam in Gandaki, Ishwori Prasad Gyawali in Lumbini, Matrika Prasad Khanal in Karnali and Tek Bahadur Kathayat in Sudurpaschim Province.
Voting was held in all seven provinces on Saturday. The election of councilors to the council was held as per the provisions of the Nepal Bar Council Act, 1993. There are 11,000 voters across the country to elect one councilor each representing the seven provinces.
Nepal Bar Council is an independent legal institution established by the Nepal Bar Council Act, 1993. The main objectives of the Council are to promote, protect and regulate the activities of the law practitioners in a more professional manner.
Council is chaired by the Attorney General and while the president of Nepal Bar Association is the Vice-chair. The registrar of the Supreme Court and the Dean of Tribhuvan University are ex-officio councilors. It consists of seven councilors from seven provinces. The term of office of the councilors will be five years.#rss #nepal #Councilor
