KATHMANDU — The new Central Working Committee (CWC) elected from the party’s 15th General Convention is set to take over all the responsibilities of running the party from today.

The newly elected office-bearers and members took oath of office and secrecy amidst a special function to be held at the central office (BP Memorial Building) in Sanepa, Lalitpur at 2:00 pm today.

According to the Central Election Committee, all the office-bearers and central members except the party president will take oath of office and secrecy in today’s ceremony. Newly-elected party President Gagan Kumar Thapa has already taken the oath of office and secrecy on October 14.

Member Secretary of the Election Committee, Advocate Raju Katuwal, said that the swearing-in ceremony would be held in a different format than in the past and the newly elected leaders would be assumed today itself along with the distribution of certificates.

The final results of the elections held in Kathmandu from October 1 to 23 were officially made public on October 15. The opening and closing sessions of the general convention were held in an open forum while voting was held in the open forum and the National Assembly Hall.

The vote for the general convention was held on October 23 and the counting of votes for the president was held at the National Assembly Hall on the same night. The result of the counting of votes of the president was announced on the morning of the 24th.

The counting of votes for other posts was held at the party’s central office in BP Nagar, Sanepa. In the 14th general convention, it took 12 days to count the votes of 4,700 voters, but this time the counting of 7,392 voters was completed in a week, said member secretary Katuwal.

He said that about 1.62 lakh ballot papers had to be counted this time. Out of the total 229 posts, there were 77 types of posts and each had to vote on 23 ballot papers. Gagan Thapa was elected as the president of the general convention with the highest 94 percent of the votes, while Bishwa Prakash Sharma was elected as the senior vice president and Dr. Madhu Acharya as the open vice-president. Chandra Kanta Bhandari and E. Madhu Acharya, Pushpa Bhusal as woman vice-president and Binod Chaudhary as inclusive vice-president. Similarly, Pradip Poudel, Uday Shumsher Rana and Dr. Dila Sangraula (Pant) were elected as the general secretaries.

The first meeting of the new central working committee will also be held in Sanepa today itself after the swearing-in ceremony and assuming office. The first meeting will decide on all the general convention representatives, election committees, security personnel, journalists and party ranks for their support in the completion of the historic general convention. The meeting will also discuss the party’s district and provincial conventions, the leaders said.