Dr. Baburam Bhattarai (57) of UCPN-Maoist has been elected Nepal’s new prime minister by a simple majority in the Legislature-Parliament on Sunday.
In the elections held at the House this afternoon, Dr. Bhattarai garnered 340 votes, while his opponent Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party leader Ram Chandra Paudel secured 235 votes only. 575 lawmakers were present in the House today.
Announcing the results, Speaker Subas Chandra Nembang said that Dr. Bhattarai bagged the majority vote in the present 594-member House, which has 601 seats, to be elected as the new prime minister as per the constitutional provisions and the House regulations.
Talking to the media at his personal residence in Sanepa this evening, the prime minister-elect asked the Nepali Congress and CPN-UML to take part in his cabinet and help make it national consensus government. He said he will work honestly and take part in the promulgation of new constitution and completion of peace process
In the elections held at the House this afternoon, Dr. Bhattarai garnered 340 votes, while his opponent Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party leader Ram Chandra Paudel secured 235 votes only. 575 lawmakers were present in the House today.
Announcing the results, Speaker Subas Chandra Nembang said that Dr. Bhattarai bagged the majority vote in the present 594-member House, which has 601 seats, to be elected as the new prime minister as per the constitutional provisions and the House regulations.
Talking to the media at his personal residence in Sanepa this evening, the prime minister-elect asked the Nepali Congress and CPN-UML to take part in his cabinet and help make it national consensus government. He said he will work honestly and take part in the promulgation of new constitution and completion of peace process
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