SURKHET, Oct 1: Voting to elect a new leadership of the CPN-UML Karnali Province Committee has started. Voting started from 1PM on Sunday.
Elections were held on the fifth day of the convention, which was scheduled for two days, when there was no agreement on the new leadership of the provincial committee of the party.
The election committee had fixed the schedule for voting from 2 o'clock on Saturday. After the party center asked them to try to reach a consensus, the leaders held discussions. But as an agreement remained elusive, the election schedule was fixed from 10AM to 5 PM today.
UML Karnali Convention: Voting underway to elect leadership
Even on Sunday, the voting was said to start at 10 AM, but due to lack of preparations, it was postponed to 1PM. According to Election Officer Anita Timilsina, the counting of votes will take place immediately after the election.
As many as 604 delegates are participating in the convention which will elect a 135-member provincial committee.
