25 Jan, Kathmandu:

Ram Chandra Sharma has been unanimously elected the Chair of Young Communist League (YCL) – the youth wing of the Unified CPN (Maoist).

A national gathering of YCL held on Sunday elected Sharma the chair of the youth organization. Among other elected in the committee are Ram Prasad Sapkota (general secretary) and Subodh Shirpali (treasurer).

The national gathering elected 151-member central committee including 17 office-bearers, shared newly-elected general secretary Sapkota.