Kathmandu. Nepali Congress MP Pushpa Bhushal Gautam has been elected as the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives. Bhusal was elected after defeating Vidya Bhattarai, who was the deputy speaker candidate from UML, in the election held at the meeting of the House of Representatives on Friday. Bhusal won with a majority of 148 votes. 93 MPs did not vote and 1 was neutral.
The proponent of Bhusal’s candidacy was Dev Gurung, the chief whip of the Maoist Center, while Lakshmi Chaudhary, the MP of the United Socialist Party, was one of the supporters. Bhusal has become a candidate from the ruling coalition party, while Bhattarai has become a candidate from the opposition party.
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