As Nepal elects Ram Chandra Poudel as President, a look at how he rose to power
With the vote of 214 lawmakers of Parliament and 352 provincial meeting individuals, Poudel, 78, secured a cushty victory over rival Subas Chandra Nebmang. The overall range of citizens for the election of the President is 882, including 332 Members of the Parliament and 550 individuals of the provincial assemblies of the seven provinces.
Poudel`s smooth passage to the President`s publish turned into preceeded via way of means of political turmoil — the Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) and the Maoist Centre, the 2 huge Communist events of Nepal that had come collectively simply months in the past to shape a coalition government, parted approaches over the selection of presidential candidates. The Maoist Centre, headed via way of means of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal `Prachanda`, determ...