Kathmandu: Nepal’s Parliament on Wednesday elected former Maoist rebel chief Prachanda as Prime Minister after K.P. Oli resigned rather than facing defeat in a vote of no-confidence.
Pushpa Kamal Dahal, 61, who still uses a nom de guerre that means “Fierce”, won 363 votes out of the 573 cast in the 595-member Parliament, Speaker Onsari Gharti said.
He becomes the 24th Prime Minister in 26 years since the Himalayan nation adopted multi-party democracy in 1990 and the eighth since the 239-year-old monarchy was abolished eight years ago.
Courtesy: Reuters
