KATHMANDU, Dec 25: Chandra Prasad Dhakal has been elected Chairperson of the Nepal Federation of Savings and Credit Cooperative Unions Limited (NEFSCUN) – an umbrella organization of savings and credit cooperatives across the country.
Dhakal secured 1,196 votes to emerge winner in the election held on December 24. The 32nd Annual General Meeting and convention of the federation took place in Kathmandu on December 23-24.
His nearest rival Paritosh Poudel obtained 1,019 votes. Newly-elected Dhakal has been working in the cooperative field for a long time.
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The elected office-bearers are Damodar Adhikari (senior vice-chair), Shanti Adhikari (women vice-chair), Ghanashyam Adhikari (general secretary) and Deepak Thapa (treasurer).
According to the Election Committee, the elected members in the Board of Directors from women category are Sita Dhakal Poudel, Mandira Mishra and Kamala Devi Giri.
Laxmi Sapkota (Koshi province), Shibha Kumari Raut (Madhes province), Khemraj Subedi (Bagmati province), Gopal Prasad Gautam (Gandaki province), Gyanu Poudel (Lumbini province), Bir Bahadur Raut Bhote (Karnali province), Dipti Shahi (Sudurpaschim province) are also among those elected in the Board of Directors.
Likewise, Devkumar Shrestha, Sushil Kumar Basnyat, Shalikram Dhakal have been elected in the Board of Directors from open category.
Indraraj Jyoti Poudel has been elected as the coordinator of Accounts Supervisory Committee while Hem Raj Bista and Durga Tiwari Sanjel have been elected as members in the committee.
A total of 2,200 delegates from among 2,633 cast their votes in the election to pick a new leadership of the NEFSCUN.