Nagendrabahadur Bista has been unanimously elected president of the Nepali Congress district committee in Kalikot by the party’s Sher Bahadur Deuba faction. The selection was made at a district convention held by the faction as it advances a parallel convention schedule, leader Bhupendra Jung Shahi said. Keshar Singh Bam and Bharat Bahadur Malla were also elected as vice presidents of the district committee.
Bista chosen unanimously
The faction’s convention selected Bista without a divided outcome, according to Shahi, who informed that he had been elected unanimously. The convention was held under the Deuba faction’s parallel schedule. The available report does not specify the date of the convention or provide further details about the selection process.
Bista’s election places him at the head of the district committee chosen by the faction in Kalikot. The reported announcement identifies him as the faction’s district president, rather than describing the result as an election by a single, unified district convention of the Nepali Congress.
Vice presidents also elected
The convention also chose Bam and Malla as vice presidents of the district committee. Their elections were announced alongside Bista’s selection, completing the leadership appointments reported from the faction’s gathering.
- District president: Nagendrabahadur Bista
- Vice presidents: Keshar Singh Bam and Bharat Bahadur Malla
The announcement did not name additional officeholders or provide a full list of the district committee’s members. It also did not describe any other decisions made during the convention.
Parallel convention schedule
The election took place as the Deuba faction continued with a parallel convention schedule. The summary of the report identifies the gathering as a convention conducted by that faction, making the appointments a result of its own district-level process in Kalikot.
The reported outcome establishes the leadership positions selected at the faction’s convention: Bista as president, with Bam and Malla as vice presidents. No details were provided about the next steps in the parallel schedule, the timing of further conventions, or how the faction’s district committee would relate to any other party structure.
For now, the central development reported from Kalikot is the unanimous choice of Bista and the appointment of the two vice presidents. Shahi’s statement provides confirmation of the result, while the available details remain limited to those leadership selections and the factional convention process under which they were made.
