World News | Nepal's Newly-appointed PM Prachanda Wins Vote of Confidence in House of Representatives

Kathmandu, Jan 10 (PTI) Nepal's newly-appointed Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' on Tuesday won the vote of confidence in the House of Representatives.

The 68-year-old CPN-Maoist Centre leader was sworn in as the Prime Minister for the third time on December 26 last year after he dramatically walked out of the pre-poll alliance led by the Nepali Congress and joined hands with opposition leader K P Sharma Oli.

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Out of the 270 members in the House of Representatives (HoR) present during the voting, 268 voted in favour of Prime Minister Prachanda, while 2 voted against him.

Pashupati Shamsher JB Rana, the senior-most member of the House, who chaired the meeting, said that the HoR passed the vote of confidence proposal moved by Prachanda.

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Rana, who chaired the meeting did not vote, while four other lawmakers were absent.

Prachanda needed only 138 votes in the 275-member parliament to continue his term as the prime minister.

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