Dhakal announces his candidacy for FNCCI’s senior VP

Kathmandu, Jul 14

Incumbent vice president of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) Chandra Prasad Dhakal has announced his candidacy for the post of Senior Vice President of the organisation.

He is now VP (Associate) at the FNCCI.

In a programme organised in the Capital on Tuesday, he announced his panel with the candidates for vice-presidents for commodity, associate and district of the largest business body in the country.

Gun Nidhi Tiwari, Umesh Lal Shrestha and Ram Chandra Sanghai are vying for the posts of district, commodity and associate VP respectively.

The Annual General Meeting of the FNCCI is organised in April every year, but the COVID-19 pandemic has disturbed it this year and was postponed for indefinite period. However, the business body is planning to hold its AGM on August 10 and 11 if the situation does not get aggravated in the days to come.

Announcing the candidates for the vital posts from his panel, Dhakal said that his team would work together with the government and stakeholders in mitigating the adverse impacts inflicted by the pandemic in business and economy.

“The FNCCI is the representative body of all businesses ranging from small and cottage to large industries and has its presence from village to policy level which has made it a formidable force in the economy,” he said.

Urging the members of the FNCCI to assess the capability and relations of the team of opposition candidates, Dhakal pledged his support to them.

He also pledged his full support to the upcoming President Shekhar Golchha, who is the Senior VP of the business body and will automatically upgraded to the higher post from the AGM. He sought Golchha’s support claiming that he had played an instrumental role to uphold the statute’s provision to automatically elect the Senior VP to the post of the president.

Dhakal said that the private sector was an engine for economic growth and job creation and it’s active participation was expected to move the engine ahead.

He pledged to launch an initiative for the 30 per cent share of the municipal chamber of commerce and industry in the municipal business tax and would demand for the mandatory provision for the FNCCI’s recommendation for the renewal of cottage industry.

He said that he would resume the ‘One village, One product’ programme, launch training for entrepreneurship development, and develop a model to manage resources to generate at least Rs. 500,000 for the chamber of commerce and industry.

Meanwhile, Kishore Kumar Pradhan, VP (Industry Commerce) is also set to announce his candidacy for the post of Senior VP. He will announce his panel in a few days.

Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 15 July 2020.