June 4, 2017 6:10 AM

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Nepal Parliament to elect new Prime Minister

Nepal Parliament will elect a new Prime Minister today. Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba is the only candidate for the post and likely to be elected as the Prime Minister as ruling coalition is having majority in the house. <br/><br/>Interim Prime Minister and Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) Chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal proposed the name of Mr Deuba. <br/><br/>Nepali Congress senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel and Loktantrik Forum President Bijaya Kumar Gachhadar supported the nomination of Mr Deuba. <br/>'<br/>Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal had resigned from his post on May 24 as per the power sharing understanding with the coalition partner Nepali Congress. <br/><br/>President Bidya Devi Bhandari had accepted his resignation and asked Mr Dahal to continue till the election of new Prime Minister.<br/>

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