Kathmandu. Prime Minister and Chairman Sher Bahadur Deuba have been elected as the leader of the Congress parliamentary party after defeating the General Minister of the Nepali Congress Party, Gagan Thapa. In the voting for the leader of the parliamentary party of the party held on Wednesday, Deuba got 64 votes and General Minister Thapa got 25 votes. There were 89 voters in the election. As the Congress Constitution stipulates that the leader of the party should be the prime ministerial candidate, this victory has opened the way for Deuba, the leader of the largest party, to become the prime minister for the sixth time.
After getting more than 50 percent votes in the election of the party leader, the election committee announced that Deuba was elected as the leader. According to the coordinator of the election committee Bhishmaraj Angdembe, 89 MPs voted in the election. According to the Congress constitution, to be the leader of the party, one must get more than 50 percent of the votes. From the 14th convention held a year ago, he became the party chairman for the second term.
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