In the elections held at the House this afternoon, Dr. Bhattarai garnered 340 votes, while his opponent Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party leader Ram Chandra Paudel could secure 235 votes only. 575 lawmakers were present in the House today.
Announcing the results, Speaker Subas Chandra Nembang said that Dr. Bhattarai bagged the majority in the present 594-member House to be elected as the new prime minister as per the constitutional provisions and the House regulations
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Most of the fringe parties and the alliance of Madhesi parties lent their support to Dr. Bhattarai.
After the results were announced, Paudel congratulated Dr. Bhattarai for his election as the top executive through democratic process. He hoped that the Maoist prime minister will be able to carry out his party’s commitment to accomplish the peace process in 1.5 months.
“Nepali Congress will remain as a positive opposition,” he said, suggesting that his party will work together with the government in the issues of peace process and constitution-drafting. The NC is the second largest party in the House with 113 seats.
Profile of Dr. Babu Ram Bhattrai
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Dr. Bhattaai was born to a middle class family of farmers—as the second child of Bhoj Prasad Bhattarai and his wife Dharma Kumari—in Khoplang of Gorkha on June 18, 1954.
He studied at a local school and topped the national-level School Leaving Certificate (SLC) examinations in 1970. He then came to theCapital Valley
After completing Intermediate in Science fromAmrit Science College in Kathmandu , he won a scholarship to study engineering in Chandigarh of India under the Colombo Plan. He completed his Bachelors in Architecture (Hons.) from there in 1977.
In 1979, he got enrolled in the New Delhi-basedSchool of Planning
Bhattarai obtained his PhD degree in Regional Development Planning, from theJawaharlal Nehru University
During his stay inIndia
In 1981, he took the membership of the Communist Party of Nepal through Mohan Bikram Singh. Subsequently, he became active in organizing migrant Nepali workers inIndia
He studied at a local school and topped the national-level School Leaving Certificate (SLC) examinations in 1970. He then came to the
After completing Intermediate in Science from
In 1979, he got enrolled in the New Delhi-based
Bhattarai obtained his PhD degree in Regional Development Planning, from the
During his stay in
In 1981, he took the membership of the Communist Party of Nepal through Mohan Bikram Singh. Subsequently, he became active in organizing migrant Nepali workers in
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He returned toNepal
After his party, the then CPN-Maoist, launched an armed rebellion in 1996, he went undergrournd for the movement. He was the convener of the people’s government since 2001.
He was involved in the peace talks with the government in 2003.
He returned to
After his party, the then CPN-Maoist, launched an armed rebellion in 1996, he went undergrournd for the movement. He was the convener of the people’s government since 2001.
He was involved in the peace talks with the government in 2003.
