Kathmandu. In the 15th Congress of Nepali Congress, Vishwaprakash Sharma was elected as Senior Vice President and Pushpa Bhusal as Vice President unopposed.

The deadline for filing nominations for the senior vice-chairman was 7 pm on Tuesday. He was elected unopposed as the senior vice-chairman after only Sharma was nominated within the stipulated time.

Similarly, the Congress Central Election Committee said that Pushpa Bhusal was the only candidate for the position of vice-chairman for women. Bhusal was also elected unopposed as the vice-chairman with a single nomination.

Sharma was previously elected as the vice-chairman of the special convention of the Congress held last December. Before that, he was elected General Minister from the 14th Congress held in 2078.

Bhusal also became the vice-chairman from the special convention held last December. In the 15th Congress, both the leaders have continued in the same position.