Nepal's parliament elected former Maoist rebel chief Prachanda, who led a decade-long insurgency that toppled a Hindu monarchy, as prime minister on Wednesday August 03,2016 after predecessor K.P. Oli resigned rather than face 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.
Prachanda,the 61-year-old CPN-Maoist Centre chief was elected Prime Minister with 363 votes in favour and 210 against him. Out of a total 595 members, 22 did not vote
This is the second time Prachanda has become Prime
Minister after his brief stint with premiership came to an end in 2009.
He was prime minister from 2008 to 2009 before a disagreement with the
military over his attempt to sack the army chief brought his period in
office to an early end.
Prachanda won today’s vote
after Nepali Congress and CPN Maoist Centre signed a three-point
agreement with the Madhesi Front to secure support from the Madhesi
parties for their bid to form a new government led by him.
Prachanda 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 8 years ago
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