Kathmandu, March 17: Newly-elected Vice-President Ramsahaya Prasad Yadav has pledged to honestly discharge his duty to strengthen and promote national unity.
Talking to media persons after
being elected the Vice-President, he said, “The country pursues prosperity. The
peace process has yet to reach a conclusion. I will honestly do my duty in
taking the peace process to a conclusion.”
Yadav, who registered his candidacy
from the Janata Samajwadi Party, got a total of 30,328 vote weightage (184
votes from federal parliamentarians and 329 from the members of Province
Assemblies) while his nearest rival CPN (UML)’s Astalaxmi Shakya secured 16,328
vote weightage (104 votes from federal parliamentarians and 169 votes from the
members of Province Assemblies).
Chief Election Commissioner Dinesh
Kumar Thapaliya handed certificates to the newly-elected Vice-President amid a
ceremony.
Moreover, Prime Minister Pushpa
Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ and Nepali Congress President and former Prime Minister
Sher Bahadur Deuba congratulated the Vice-President. (RSS)