Nepali Congress News

The current ruling party in Nepal, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba led Nepali Congress led emerged as the single largest party in Nepal on Sunday. The party maintained its lead by securing 53 seats in the parliamentary polls that led to an end of the prolonged political instability that the Himalayan nation witnessed in the last few weeks.

Sher Bahadur Deuba is the Prime Minister of the caretaker government and President of the ruling Nepali Congress Deuba, 77, was elected for the 7th consecutive time from his home district of Dhankuta He secured 25,534 votes against his nearest rival Sagar Dhakal, 31, an independent candidate who received 1,302 votes

Nepal Election 2022: The counting started at 7 am local time and will continue till 5 pm, a day after about 61% polling was recorded across the Himalayan nation. 

Nepal votes to elect a new parliament and provincial assemblies from today More than 17.9 million eligible voters will elect a 275-member House of Representatives There are over 22,000 polling centres in Nepal

The political scenario in the country worsened after the Supreme Court last month nullified CPN-MC's merger with CPN-UML The two parties had merged in May 2018 to form a unified Nepal Communist Party following the victory of their alliance in the 2017 general elections Prime Minister Oli-led government will lose majority in the lower house if CPN-MC led by 'Prachanda' withdraws its support

Nepal's Left alliance has won 27 while the ruling Nepali Congress bagged five parliamentary seats in the country's historic polls.

Ahead of the provincial and the federal elections in Nepal, the ruling Nepali Congress is likely to announce a coalition of right-wing forces with some smaller parties to counter the grand leftist alliance.

The counting of votes for the second round of Nepal local elections began on Friday.

Veteran Nepalese politician Sher Bahadur Deuba was on Wednesday sworn in as the new prime minister of Nepal by President Bidya Devi Bhandari.

Nepal Parliament on Tuesday elected Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deuba as 40th Prime Minister of the land-locked country.

 'Prachanda' on Tuesday resigned as Nepal PM after a brief stint of nine months.

Prime Minister Prachanda, a former Maoist rebel commander who still goes by his nom de guerre, is expected to stand down after the vote under a power-sharing deal.

The Pushpa Kamal Dahal-led government in Nepal on Monday received a major blow after one of the ruling coalition partners, Rastriya Prajatantra Party, decided to withdraw from the government over the impeachment motion against the Chief Justice.

The amendment proposal seeks split some of the districts of the present Province No 5 and to incorporate them in Province no 4 and 6. Against this proposed change and in favour of a unified Province 5, thousands of people across party lines have joined hands since Wednesday morning.  

Nepal`s parliament meets on Wednesday in a crucial session that is expected to confirm former Maoist rebel chief Prachanda as the Himalayan nation`s new prime minister after KP Oli stepped down to avoid a no-confidence motion.

With K.P. Sharma Oli resigning as Nepal`s Prime Minister, President Bidhya Devi Bhandari will now call upon political parties to form a consensus government within the next seven days, local media reports said.

Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, set to face a no-confidence motion in Parliament on Thursday, on Sunday continued consultations with legal and constitutional experts in a bid to save his now minority government while new-found allies CPN (Maoist Centre) and the Nepali Congress, too, asserted the constitutionality of their claim.

 Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli today said he cannot compromise national security in the name of maintaining cordial relations with neighbours, without naming any specific country.

The Nepalese diplomat has been also charged with involvement in toppling the Oli government.

Three-time Prime Minister and Nepali Congress senior leader Sher Bahadur Deuba has been elected as the new president of the country`s largest democratic party.