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Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” : Nepal’s New Prime Minister

Kumari Sonali

Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” : Nepal’s New Prime Minister

Pushpa Kamal Dahal “Prachanda” was sworn in as Nepal’s new Prime Minister.

  • He sworn-in as the Prime Minister of Nepal for a third time, a day after the former guerrilla leader dramatically walked out of the pre-poll alliance led by the Nepali Congress and joined hands with opposition leader K P Sharma Oli.
  • The 68-year-old CPN-Maoist Centre chairman was appointed as the country’s new prime minister on Sunday after he submitted a letter to President Bidya Devi Bhandari showing the support of 169 members in the 275-member House of Representatives.
  • President Bhandari also administered the oath to other cabinet members of the new coalition government. The new cabinet has three deputy prime ministers – Bishnu Paudel from Oli’s CPN-UML, Narayan Kaji Shrestha from CPN-Maoist Centre and Rabi Lamichhane from Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP).

     

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