- Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist Leninist), Jhalanath Khanal, secured the support of 368 MPs in the House of 601 to become the 34th Prime Minister.
- Mr. Khanal was supported by the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoists), whose chairman Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' decided to withdraw from the contest right before the voting.
- Mr Khanal's victory brings to life a new 'left alliance' between the UML and Maoists in Nepal, replacing the preceding 'left-democratic' alliance between the UML and Nepali Congress. NC leader, Ram Chandra Poudel, and a leader of the United Democratic Madhesi Front, Bijay Kumar Gachhedar, were the other candidates in the fray.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Jhalanath Khanal elected Nepal's PM
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