Prachanda appointed as Prime Minister of Nepal for the third time, sworn in tomorrow

Chairman of CPN Maoist Center Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has been appointed as Prime Minister of Nepal. President Bidya Devi Bhandari appointed Pushpa Kamal Dahal as the Prime Minister on Sunday evening.

On Sunday, Prachanda submitted a claim to the Prime Minister with the support of 169 MPs from seven parties, including the second largest party CPN-UML, Rashtriya Swatantra Party, Rashtriya Prajatantra Party, Janata Samajwadi Party, Janmat Party , Rashtriya Unmukti Party, and three independents.

After independent MPs Prabhu Shah, Kiran Kumar Shah and Amresh Kumar Singh also supported him, Prachanda got the support of 169 MPs in the 275-member House of Representatives.

Since none of the parties got a majority in the election in the House of Representatives, President Bidya Devi Bhandari gave time till 5 pm on Sunday to form a coalition government according to Article 76 (2) of the Constitution.

Within the time given by the President, Prachanda submitted his claim to the Prime Minister with the support of 170 MPs.

Along with this, Dahal, who became the Prime Minister of Nepal for the third time, will take the oath of office as the Prime Minister on Monday at 4 pm local time.