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Nepali Congress choosing its parliamentary party leader today

PM Deuba vying against General Secretary Thapa

December 21, Kathmandu: The election for choosing the parliamentary party leader of the Nepali Congress is taking place on Wednesday.

Prime Minister and Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Kumar Thapa have filed their candidacies for the election to the party’s parliamentary party leader.

The leaders on Tuesday reached the Singha Durbar-based Nepali Congress party parliamentary office to register their candidacies.

Prime Minister Deuba’s candidacy was proposed by party senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel and backed by Vice-President Purna Bahadur Khadka.

Likewise, Dr Shekhar Koirala proposed leader Thapa’s candidacy while Vice-President Dhanaraj Gurung and General Secretary Bishwa Prakash Sharma seconded it.

Meanwhile, issuing a press note, the Coordinator of the parliamentary party leader election, Bhishma Raj Angdambe, said that the election had been scheduled from 8 am to 10:00 am on Wednesday.

Nepali Congress is the largest party in the new House of Representatives, hence Wednesday’s winner will be a prime prospect of the prime ministerial post.

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