Kathmandu, 15 July: The House of Representatives (HoR) has elected whip of the ruling Nepali Congress (NC), Pushpa Bhusal to the post of Deputy Speaker. In today’s HoR meeting, a proposal asking for electing Bhusal to the post of Deputy Speaker through electoral process received 148 votes in her favour whereas her close contender Bidya Bhattarai from main opposition CPN-UML secured 93 votes. One voter remained neutral in the process.
A total of 242 parliamentarians were present in the meeting. Speaker Agni Prasad Sapkota announced Bhusal elected to the post of Deputy Speaker after receiving majority votes at HoR. Earlier, chief whip of the ruling coalition CPN (Maoist Centre) Dev Prasad Gurung had presented a proposal that HoR member Pushpa Bhusal Gautam to be elected the Deputy Speaker.
People’s News Monitoring Service
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