Kathmandu, Dec 14: The Ward-level convention of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) has started from today. This is the first time that the party is holding ward-level sessions since its establishment.
Chief whip of the parliamentary
party of the party, Santosh Pariyar, shared that the ward session is being held
in one ward each of the seven provinces. The ward-level convention is being
held in the lead up to the National Convention after going through Municipal
Conventions and Provincial Conventions.
The ward-level convention today is
being held in Bharatpur Metropolitan Municipality-11, Jitpur Simra
Sub-Metropolitan City-2, Pokhara Sub-Metropolitan City-10, Butwal
Sub-Metropolitan City-13, Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City-20, Bheriganga
Municipality-6 and Tikapur Municipality-1.
The central representatives of the
party are participating in all the seven provinces. It includes General
Secretary and Spokesperson Dr Mukul Dhakal, Joint General Secretary and Member
of Parliament Sumana Shrestha, Joint General Secretary Bipin Acharya, Treasurer
Lima Adhikari, Organization Department Secretary Shankar Shrestha and Central
Member Vijay Jairu.
Shankar Shrestha, secretary of the
organization department, said that an 11-member ward committee will be formed
in each ward with a chair. Out of 11 members, at least four must be female with
one Dalit woman. And six must be youths below 45 years of age. (RSS)