BUTWAL: Mahesh Basnet, the outgoing chairman of the CPN (UML)’s sister organization Youth Association of Nepal (YAN) is certain to be reelected as the chairman of the YAN by defeating his rival Niraj Acharya, YAN’s outgoing general secretary.

As per the vote count, Basnet is leading by more than 90 votes while there are only 70 votes for count.  The Basnet panel is leading in most of the posts in the vote counts. The final results of the vote counts are expected to come by late this evening.

UML leaders Madhav Kumar Nepal and KP Oli have backed the Basnet panel in the YAN election while party establishment faction has supported Acharya’s candidacy.

Earlier, 15 members of the YAN’s central have been elected unanimously.

KATHMANDU:  CPN-UML leader KP Sharma Oli has said that the step President Dr Ram Baran Yadav has taken for formation of national consensus government was laudable. Now, Prime Minister Dr Baburam Bhattarai must abandon Baluwatar, he argued.

Inaugurating the 8th Statute Conference of the Youth Association, party’s sister wing, in the capital on Friday, leader Oli said the insistence of PM Bhattarai to stick to power was childish. Present PM can not appoint any minister and administer him oath of office, he argued.

He further said the Youth Association needs to intensify pressure programmes to give a political outlet to the country.

On the occasion, Association Chairman Mahesh Basnet said it was present need to form a consensus government to hold election. So, the PM must resign, he demanded.

He wondered why the government did not create conducive atmosphere to utilizing remittance in the productive sector. Almost 85 per cent remittance is being used in the unproductive sectors, he added.

Party Secretary Shankar Pokhrel, Valley In-Charge Krishna Gopal Shrestha, politburo member Pashupati Chaulagain and other expressed their views at the programme.

As many as 513 representatives from across the country are taking part in the two-day conference. RSS