KATHMANDU, Oct 11, 2015 (AFP) - Veteran KP Sharma Oli was chosen as Nepal’s new prime minister Sunday, charged with unifying the quake-hit nation after the adoption of a new constitution triggered deadly protests and a border blockade.
Oli won 338 votes in a parliamentary ballot, easily defeating rival candidate Sushil Koirala who took 249, after he stepped down as premier as required by the constitution adopted on September 24. “I announce that respected member KP Sharma Oli has been elected to the post of Nepal’s prime minister,” speaker Subash Chandra Nembang told the parliament to loud cheers and claps.
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