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 acros 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 closer contender, Paritosh Poudel, obtained 1,019 votes. Newly-elected Dhakal has been working in the cooperative field for long.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.
Among other elected members are 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).Likewise in board members from open category, Devkumar Shrestha, Sushil Kumar Basnyat, Shalikram Dhakal were elected.
Indraraj Jyoti Poudel has been elected the coordinator of Accounts Supervisory Committee while Hem Raj Bista and Durga Tiwari Sanjel got elected as members in the committee.A total of 2,200 delegates among 2,633 cast their votes in the election to pick a -new leadership of the federation. —
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