Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has become the PM of Nepal for the third time.
26/12/2022
Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda, the chairman of the CPN-Maoist Centre, has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of Nepal for the third time.
President Bidya Devi Bhandari appointed Prachanda as Prime Minister on 25 December under Article 76(2) of the Constitution.
Prachanda has support of 165 lawmakers in the 275-member House of Representatives which includes CPN-UML with 78, CPN-MC with 32, RSP with 20, RPP with 14, JSP with 12, Janamat with 6 and Nagarik Unmukti Party with 3.
