Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ is Nepal’s New Prime Minister

Kathamandu: Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, Communist Party of Nepal-Maoist Centre chairman was appointed as the new prime minister of the country by President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Sunday.

The swearing-in ceremony of the newly-appointed Prime Minister will take place at 4 pm on Monday

Prachanda is being appointed as the prime minister of Nepal for the third time.

Prachanda along with CPN-UML chairman K P Sharma Oli, Rashtriya Swatantra Party (RSP) president Ravi Lamichhane, Rashtriya Prajatantra Party chief Rajendra Lingden among other top leaders earlier went to the President’s Office with a proposal to appoint him as the new Prime Minister.

Nepali Congress is the largest party with 89 seats in the House of Representatives while CPN-UML and CPN-MC have 78 and 32 seats, respectively.

No party in the 275-member House of Representatives has 138 seats required to form a government.

The deadline given by President Bidya Bhandari to political parties to form a coalition government under Article 76(2) of the constitution, ended on Sunday evening.