FNJ to hold its elections on December 13

KATHMANDU: The national gathering of the provincial and district presidents of the Federation of Nepali Journalists (FNJ) concluded in Bode of Madhyapurthimi on Saturday night with a decision to hold the elections for a new executive committee on December 13.

Following the meeting, FNJ general secretary Roshan Puri said the gathering decided to hold the elections for all the three levels of the Federation on December 13. The gathering decided to maintain the membership of the district chapters, where consensus has been reached over the membership dispute, and to accept the list added by the provincial chapters.

Any dispute over the membership will be resolved by forming a committee consisting of one representative each from the center and the province and the concerned chapter president. It has been decided to finalize the membership by the end of mid-November.

The national gathering of provincial and district FNJ presidents was held to address the dispute over the membership.

Former central president Dr Suresh Acharya, Dr Mahendra Bista, Taranath Dahal and other district and provincial presidents participated in the gathering presided over by Acting President Bala Adhikari.