KATHMANDU, Dec 19: The Nepali Congress (NC) will hold its parliamentary party (PP) leader election on Wednesday. The election committee formed by the party has decided to hold the PP leader election on Wednesday.
Prior to this, a three-member election committee was formed to elect the PP leader at the meeting of the NC Central Working Committee on Sunday. The election committee has Joint General Secretary Bishma Raj Angdembe as coordinator and central members Pushpa Bhusal and Prakash Rasaili ‘Snehi’ as members.
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General Secretary Gagan Kumar Thapa, former General Secretary Dr Shekhar Koirala, senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel along with party President and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba are competing for the post of NC PP leader.
The party has won 89 seats - 57 in the first past the post election system and 32 in the proportional representation election system - in the House of Representativesin the elections held on November 20. These 89 MPs will elect the PP leader. In NC, the PP leader leads the government if the party decides to form the government.
