Kirati named Senior Leader of SSP

KATHMANDU: Eighteen leaders close to former Progressive Democratic Party leader Sudan Kirati have been inducted into the Central Committee of the Shram Sanskriti Party.

According to SSP, Sudan Kirati will serve as the party’s Senior Leader, while Prakash Bikalpa and Tikaram Rai have been appointed Vice President and Secretary, respectively.

Similarly, B. Shrestha (Bhaktapur), Dipendra Bantawa (Sankhuwasabha), Puranjan Rai (Kathmandu), Laldhwaj Nembang (Panchthar), Hemanta Rai (Bhojpur), Janak Giri (Udayapur), Salik Rai (Sunsari), Dr Sangam Khainju (Bhaktapur), Kanakaist Rai (Khotang), Sarita Rai (Lalitpur), Rakesh Kirati (Udayapur), Amit Rai (Lalitpur), Sharada Bhattarai (Okhaldhunga), Pramila Rai (Khotang), and Tajina Bista (Sunsari) have been nominated to the party’s Central Committee.

Kirati, who began his political career with the then CPN (Maoist), joined SSP on May 8. The party is led by former Dharan Mayor Harka Sampang.

Sampang is reportedly considering fielding Kirati as the party’s chief ministerial candidate for Koshi Province in the upcoming provincial assembly elections.