Nepal, Oct. 8 -- Voting to elect a new leadership of the Nepali Congress is taking place on Thursday, the fifth day of the party's 15th General Convention.

According to the Central Election Committee, voting to elect the new Central Working Committee will run from 10 am to 6 pm. A total of 7,255 convention delegates are eligible to vote.

Gagan Kumar Thapa and Shyam Krishna Khadgi are contesting for party president. Kishor Singh Rathore, who had also filed his candidacy for the post, withdrew his nomination. Efforts continued throughout Wednesday to persuade Khadgi to withdraw and allow Thapa to be elected unopposed, but they failed.

Bishwo Prakash Sharma has been elected senior vice president unopposed, while Pushpa Bhusal has been el...