KATHMANDU: CPN (Maoist Centre) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has proposed the names of 236 leaders as the central committee (CC) members in the party’s ongoing Eighth General Convention.
The names have been endorsed by the closed-door session a while ago. As per the party statute, the Maoist Centre has 299-member central committee.
Remaining 63 other leaders would be nominated from the central committee meeting.
The party’s central publicity and publications department said that the names of the CC members were announced on the basis of consensus following series of consultations.
MC elects chiefs of three commissions
The ongoing Eighth General Convention of the CPN (Maoist Centre) elected chiefs of three different commissions of the party.
As presidium member Ganesh Shah tabled the names of the proposed leaders, the closed-door session of the general convention approved unanimously.
At the presence of party Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, Shah tabled the names of the chiefs and members of Accounts Commission, Election Commission and Disciplinary Commission.
Bishnu Pukar Shrestha would lead the party’s Election Commission while Tanka Rai is named as the chair of Disciplinary Commission.
Similarly, Peshal Khatiwada is now the chair of Accounts Commission of the CPN (Maoist Centre).
The committees consist of 25 members each. The members of the commissions can attend the party’s central committee meeting.
