Ramnarayan Mehta was elected chairperson of the Nepal Kushwaha Kalyan Samaj Saptari at the organisation’s fifth district convention on Saturday, where members also selected a 25-member working committee under his leadership. Mehta secured the post by a margin of one vote after efforts to reach consensus failed and the leadership selection proceeded through an election.
Election follows failed consensus efforts
The convention chose the organisation’s new leadership through a voting process, according to election committee coordinator Jay Prakash Mahato. He said attempts to reach an agreement among members did not succeed, leading the committee to conduct an election.
The chairperson’s race was decided by a narrow margin: Mehta won by one vote. No further details about the other candidate or the vote count were provided in the information available about the election.
New 25-member working committee selected
Along with electing Mehta as chairperson, the convention selected a 25-member new working committee. The committee was formed under Mehta’s leadership, establishing the organisation’s new district-level leadership through the convention’s electoral process.
The fifth district convention brought the leadership selection to a conclusion after consensus discussions failed. Organisers then relied on voting to decide the chairperson and choose the new committee, with Mahato identifying the election process as the means by which the leadership was selected.
The available information did not specify the names of the other committee members, the duration of their terms or further details of the convention’s proceedings. It confirmed Mehta’s election, the one-vote margin and the selection of the 25-member committee.
