Kathmandu: Nepal’s lower house is all set to elect the Speaker on Thursday. Dev Raj Ghimire of CPN-UML and Ishwari Neupane of Nepali Congress have filed their candidacy for the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
UML’s Ghimire has secured support from major parties of the ruling alliance including CPN (Maoist Center), Rastriya Swatantra Party and Rastriya Prajatantra Party while NC’s Neupane has been supported by the CPN-Unified Socialist and the Loktantrik Samajbadi Party Nepal.
As the majority of political parties have extended their support to Ghimire, he is now set to become the next speaker of Nepal’s lower house.
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