sentences:  On January 26, 1947, Regmi inaugurated the first convention of the Nepali Rashtriya Congress in which B. P. Koirala was nominated as the acting president until election was held (with the nominated President of the party Tanka Prasad Acharya in jail in Kathmandu).In 1947 Regmi became the first elected working President (Karyakari Sabhapati) of the party (which many books have erroneously cited him as nominated president).At the time of the election B. P. Koirala was in jail.