Describing Nepal's democracy as an example to countries around the world, the US Department of State on Tuesday congratulated the people of Nepal on a successful democratic election and Pushpa Kamal Dahal and coalition partners on their formation of a new government.
Nepal's Maoist Center leader and former PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal now has the backing of 169 members of the Parliament to form the new government, as three more independent MPs have come forward in his support.
NC General secretary-Thapa is challenging the NC President Deuba in the election scheduled for Wednesday. Both the aspirants reached the parliamentary party office in the administrative centre- Singhadurbar to file their nominations.
Dr Rojnath Pandey, spokesperson of the Federal Parliament Secretariat, said that they have sent a letter to the Election Commission to identify the senior-most member of the House.
With the vote count for Proportionate Representation (PR) underway and expected to be
over by Tuesday, the Election Commission (EC) has started preparations to submit the report to Nepal's President before mid of the month.
Meeting of the ruling coalition has pledged to move forward with greater unity in the coming days promising to finalize the division of powers after the start of house sessions.
The Second round meeting of the standing committee of the Communist Party of Nepal- Maoist Center on Sunday decided to proceed with consensus and understanding with all parties.
Out of 165 constituencies under the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP), results of 163 constituencies have been announced and the Nepali Congress has secured the highest number of seats.
Nepali Congress has got the single highest number of seats-53 under First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) even though it had contested the election forming an alliance of five different parties, according to the latest figures of the country's Election Commission.