Baniya defeats KC in re-election for NC’s Bagmati President

KATHMANDU: Indra Baniya has been elected as Nepali Congress (NC) president of Bagmati Province.

Defeating Jagadish Nar Singh KC with a margin of 158 votes in the re-election held on Sunday. As none of three candidates including Bhimsen Das Pradhan failed to secure more than 50 percent of votes, another round of voting was held for two top vote securers --- Baniya and KC.