Kathmandu. The first list of candidates who have filed candidacies for the post of joint general secretary in the 15th general convention of the Nepali Congress has been made public. According to the details made public by the election committee, candidacies have been filed from various groups for the post of joint general secretary.

There are 10 candidates for the post of joint general secretary in the open category. Ajay Babu Shiwakoti, Amrit Kumar Aryal, Devendra Raj Kandel, Dinesh Koirala, Dilliram Subedi, Bikash Koirala, Bimal Raj Chhetri, Ramesh Prasad Dhamala, Ramhari Khatiwada and Rajiv Dhungana are in the open category.

Nanumaiya Bastola and Pratima Gautam are in the race for the post of joint general secretary.

Om Bahadur Gharti Magar, Taraman Gurung, Dilman Pakhrin, Prashant Man Singh Maskey and Bahadur Singh Lama are vying for the post of joint general secretary of indigenous nationalities.

Narendra Paswan, Prakash Rasaili ‘Snehi’, Man Bahadur Nepali and Laxmi Pariyar are in the fray for the post of joint general secretary of Dalit.

Ajay Kumar Chaurasiya, Abhishek Pratap Shah, Kiran Yadav, Nagina Yadav, Manish Kumar Mishra, Mahendra Yadav, Mukta Kumari Yadav and Rampaltan Shah are vying for the post of joint general secretary.

Jagadishwor Narsingh KC, Manoj Mani Acharya and Shubharam Basnet are in the race for the post of joint general secretary.

Tejulal Chaudhary, Yogendra Chaudhary and Surendra Prasad Chaudhary are in the race for the post of joint general secretary of Tharu.

For the post of Muslim joint general secretary, Athar Kamal Muslim, Abdul Sattar and Dr. Mohd. Firdaus Alam is the candidate.

Jeevan Bahadur Shahi, Karna Bahadur Budha, Janak Raj Giri, Ram Bahadur Bista, Narayan Prasad Bhattarai, Min Bahadur Bham and Rajan Kunwar are vying for the post of joint general secretary.

Likewise, Anggelu Sherpa, Nagendra Kumar Kumal, Babu Krishna Sapkota and Yogesh Gauchan Thakali are contesting for the post of joint general secretary from minority and disabled groups.

A total of 49 candidates are vying for the 10 posts of joint general secretary. The highest number of candidacies are 10 for two posts under the open category and eight for one post under the Madhesi category.

The final list will be made public after completing the process of claims, objections and objections to the first list made public by the election committee. More than 7,000 convention delegates are participating in the 15th general convention of the Congress to elect a new leadership.