Kathmandu. Bhagirath Sapkota has been elected as the president of the Nepali Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
The third general convention of the federation held on Saturday unanimously elected Sapkota as the president. The two-day convention in Kathmandu was inaugurated by Prime Minister and CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli.
Similarly, Subarna Shrestha has been elected as the vice-president of the federation for the open category, while Shobha Gurung has been unanimously elected for the women’s category. Balkrishna Shiwakoti has been elected as the general secretary of the federation, while Dim Prasad Poudel has been elected as the deputy general secretary.
Gopal Khanal, Ramraja Shrestha, Dolnath Khanal and Saroj Yadav have been elected as secretaries. Rajkumar Timilsina has been elected as the accounting commissioner, Tanka Raut as the election commissioner and Balaram Bhattarai as the discipline commissioner of the federation. The general convention has unanimously elected a 99-member central committee on a regional basis.
Newly elected president Sapkota said that he will work for the rights and interests of all industrialists and businessmen across the country as he takes over the leadership of the federation. “We will further strengthen the Federation of Nepal Industries and Businessmen as an umbrella organization representing small, medium and large industrialists,” he said. “Currently, many industrialists and businessmen are in trouble. I express my commitment to work in their interests.”
Informing that the federation is still working in the interests of small and medium industrialists and businessmen, Sapkota expressed his commitment to create a federation that all industrialists and businessmen can adopt in the coming days. He also believes that the government should introduce the ‘Enterprises Oxygen Program’, saying that Nepal’s business world is currently going through a complex and difficult situation in history. “We believe that Nepal’s business community, which has been going through a difficult situation for a long time due to problems created by external circumstances such as the global Corona pandemic and the subsequent Russia-Ukraine war, should not face a complicated situation in the coming days,” he said. “The recently issued ordinance has helped small, medium and large businessmen who are going through such a situation to some extent. However, the government should come up with a dynamic program to revive and encourage this sector and make it move smoothly.”
