KATHMANDU, May 4: The vote counting of the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) election has begun in the Academy Hall on Wednesday.
Over 1,300 representatives from across the country have gathered at the Academy Hall where voting for central executive body of the journalists´ umbrella organization for a three-year term was held. [break]
Chairman, vice-chairman, general secretary, treasurer, secretary and members under various quotas including women, dalits, janajatis and madhesis will be elected for FNJ central body during the election. Also, members will be elected under the quota of associate members and corporate houses.
Shiva Gaunle, Poshan KC and Kedar Koirala, among others, are vying for the post of chairman and Ramesh Bista and Yashoda Timsina are vice-presidential candidates.
Similarly, Ramji Dahal and Om Sharma are contending for the post of general secretary and Jagat Nepal, Chandraman Shrestha and Ramprasad Dahal, among others, are contesting for the post of secretary. Ujir Magar, Shital Shah and Brijkumar Yadav are candidates for the post of treasurer.
While most of the candidates are backed by major political parties-- UCPN (Maoist), Nepali Congress (NC) and CPN-UML -- some are independent contestants.
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