Kathmandu, April 27 : Bhishmaraj Angdembe has been elected unopposed as the parliamentary party leader of the Nepali Congress.
The decision was endorsed at a meeting of the party’s parliamentary office at Singha Durbar, party joint general secretary and election committee coordinator Prakash Rasaili Snehii said.
Earlier on Monday, a Central Working Committee meeting held at the party’s Sanepa headquarters had unanimously backed Angdembe—an MP elected under the proportional representation system—for the post, following a proposal by party president Gagan Kumar Thapa.
The move came after three नेताओं had laid claim to the position. A facilitation panel led by vice-president Bishwo Prakash Sharma, along with the party’s two general secretaries, was formed to forge consensus.
The appointment marks the first time since 2007 that the Nepali Congress has picked its parliamentary party leader unanimously.
