PM Deuba Elected NC PP leader

By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Dec 21: Nepali Congress's (NC) President and Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has been elected the federal parliament's parliamentary party leader of Nepali Congress. 

PM Deuba has got  64 votes meanwhile his contestant and general-secretary Gagan Kumar Thapa has got 25 votes .

The voting process of the two contestants was held on December 21. 

Party's senior leader Ram Chandra Poudel was the proposer of Deuba's candidacy while party vice-president Purna Bahadur Khadka was the backer. 

Similarly, leader Dr Shekhar Koirala was the proposer of general secretary Thapa's candidacy while vice-president Dhanaraj Gurung, general secretary Bishwo Prakash Sharma and central member Pradip Poudel seconded the proposal.

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