Nepal PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' wins vote of confidence in Parliament

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Kathmandu: Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda on Wednesday secured a vote of confidence in Parliament, as the country struggled to maintain political stability amid the shifting of alliances...

Prachanda, 69, a former guerilla leader belonging to the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) the third largest party in the House of Representatives (HoR) received 157 votes in the 275-member House of Representatives (HoR)...

The vote comes days after the Maoist leader dumped the Nepali Congress and forged a new alliance with the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist)...

Prachandas new political alliance is with the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) (CPN-UML) led by former prime minister K P Oli, who was regarded as a top critic of the Maoist leader...

Last year, Prachanda faced a floor test after the Oli-led CPN-UML withdrew its support to the Prachanda-led government following a rift over backing the main opposition partys candidate for the presidential poll...

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