Bhandari elected President of Itahari Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Gayatri Katuwal Bhandari has been elected President of the Itahari Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Sunsari.

According to the election committee, Bhandari secured 758 votes, defeating her closest rival, Nawaraj Kafle, by 15 votes. Kafle received 743 votes.

In the commerce category, Jeevan Kumar Neupane, Sanjeev Khadka, Balram Basnet, Sinet Rijal, Sanjay Sah, Bal Bahadur Neupane, Sunny Chaudhary, Dinesh Prasad Dhamala, and Mahesh Thapa were elected as members.

Mina Acharya Dhakal and Sumitra Ghimire Bhattarai were elected as women members, while Abhishek Basnet, Shiva Prasad Bhattarai ‘Bhupal’, Hari Prasad Timsina, and Kisan Kumar Khediya were elected as representatives of the industry sector.

The election committee said 1,543 of the chamber’s 2,369 eligible voters cast their ballots in the election.