Jhalanath Khanal elected Prime Minister of Nepal
Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN-UML) chairman, Jhalanath Khanal was elected 34th Prime Minister of Nepal on Thursday. Khanal will take oath on February 5.
COMMUNIST PARTY of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) (CPN-UML) chairman, Jhalanath Khanal was elected 34th Prime Minister of Nepal on Thursday. Khanal will take oath on February 5, when President Rambaran Yadav returns from his official visit to India.
In the 601 memebers house, Jhalanath Khanal secured 368 votes, while his rival Nepali Congress candidate Ram Chandra Poudel secured 122 votes. Madesh Janadhikar Forum (Loktantrik) Chairman Bijay Gachchdar got 67 votes.
Earlier, Nepal's Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda withdrew form the electoral race and and urged his party to vote for the 60-year-old Jhalanath Khanal. Prachanda's Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) has 237 members in the Legislature Parliament.
Caretaker Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, who is also from the CPN-UML, resigned as the Prime Minister on June 30 last year. Jhalanath Khanal, a member of parliament from the Ilam constituency, has served as a minister in two previous governments and became chairman of the UML in 2009.
Jhalanath Khanal, born in the south-eastern district of Ilam at Sakhejung in 1950, first became involved in politics as a student, was a founding member of the UML. From 1982 to 1990, he served as the General Secretary of CPN (UML).
Earlier, Nepal's Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda withdrew form the electoral race and and urged his party to vote for the 60-year-old Jhalanath Khanal. Prachanda's Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) has 237 members in the Legislature Parliament.
Caretaker Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, who is also from the CPN-UML, resigned as the Prime Minister on June 30 last year. Jhalanath Khanal, a member of parliament from the Ilam constituency, has served as a minister in two previous governments and became chairman of the UML in 2009.
Jhalanath Khanal, born in the south-eastern district of Ilam at Sakhejung in 1950, first became involved in politics as a student, was a founding member of the UML. From 1982 to 1990, he served as the General Secretary of CPN (UML).
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