KATHMANDU: Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, coordinator of Nepali Communist Party (NCP) has been elected as the leader of the parliamentary party.
The decision was made during a meeting of the elected members of the House of Representatives at Parisdanda, Kathmandu, on Sunday.
In the parliamentary elections held on March 5, the NCP won 17 seats, including 8 through direct elections and 9 through proportional representation.
Prachanda, who had previously represented Gorkha in 2079 BS, contested this time from Rukum East, a stronghold of the Maoist party, and secured a safe victory.
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