Aug 3, 2016- CPN (Maoist Center) Chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal has been elected as the 39th prime minister of the country after securing the required majority in the Parliament.
This is Dahal’s second tenure to the country’s top executive post.
Dahal secured 363 votes during the election for the post of PM held at Legislature-Parliament on Wednesday, while 210 votes were cast against him.
House Speaker Onsari Gharti announced Dahal's victory after he secured a majority votes in the election conducted at the Legislature-Parliament. Dahal was the only candidate for the election.
He was supported by Nepali Congress, Sanghiya Gathabandhan, Madhesi Janadhikar Forum-Loktantrik, Rastriya Prajatantra Party and other fringe parties during the election.
Of the total 595 parliamentarians, 573 lawmakers participated in voting during the election.
Dahal’s first tenure as PM was followed by his party’s victory in the first Constituent Assembly election. The then CPN-Maoist became the largest party in the election and Dahal took office as the country’s 33rd prime minister on 18 August, 2008 after the country was declared republic.
His first tenure as PM lasted for 280 days. Following the controversial sacking of then Nepal Army Chief of Army Staff Rukmangad Katuwal, Dahal resigned from the post on 4 May, 2009.
Dahal has also become the only communist leader to become the PM of the country for two times.
source: ekantipur.com
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