Kathmandu: The Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has nominated nine leaders as the central committee members. The party’s central committee meeting held on Friday nominated Sunil Lamsal, Sudhan Gurung, Pratibha Rawal, Bhup Dev Shah, Purushottam Suprabhat Yadav, Dr Manohar Pradhan, Basumaya Tamang, Surendra Chaudhary, and Dr Bhakta Bahadur Rai as the central members.
According to National News Agency Nepal, the party assigned responsibilities to various office bearers. Purushottam Suprabhat Yadav has been nominated as a joint general secretary, Dr Pradhan as a treasurer, Basumaya Tamang as a joint treasurer, Jagadish Kharel (Lalitpur) as a spokesperson, and Dr Namita Yadav and Surendra Chaudhary as joint spokespersons, as per the decision shared by general secretary Bipin Kumar Acharya.
Furthermore, Ganesh Parajuli, Shisir Khanal, Biraj Bhakta Shrestha, Purushottam Suprabhat Yadav, Dr Manohar Pradhan, Kabindra Burlakoti, Jagadish Kharel (Lalitpur), Lima Adhikari Acharya, Dipak Raj Bohara, Samiksha Baskota, Shiva Nepali, Indira Rana Magar, and Manish Jha have been nominated as party secretariat members.
In addition, Pramod Neupane has been named chief of the Organization Department, Shisir Khanal chief of the Department of International Relations, Bijay Jairu chief of the Department of Public Service and Public Grievance Management, Dr Toshima Karki chief of the Department of Public Health, and Nisha Dangi chief of the Infrastructure Department. Lima Adhikari Acharya will head the Finance Department, with Kamal Subedi serving as a deputy chief of the Training Department.
The RSP meeting also resolved to endorse the ‘Candidate Selection Framework-2083’ prepared under general secretary Acharya’s coordination for the upcoming local elections. An 11-member committee has been formed under general secretary Acharya’s coordination to prepare a document related to the ‘Right to Recall.’
Joint general secretary Nisha Dangi will coordinate orientation programmes on the candidate selection framework by mobilizing central committee members and members of the House of Representatives in 460 rural municipalities as part of the preparation for the local elections.
The party plans to publish a monthly digital paper called ‘Swatantra’ starting next month (Asoj), Acharya added. A five-member committee has been established under joint general secretary Hari Dhakal’s coordination to audit the organization before conducting the district and province conventions in Madhes.