CPN-UML leader KP Oli has won the voting held for the post of Parliamentary Party (PP) leader against Chairperson Jhalanath Khanal on Tuesday.
Oli secured 98 votes, while Khanal received 75 votes in the election that was held at the second largest party’s parliamentary party office in Singha Durbar. UML has 175 seats in the newly elected Constituent Assembly.
The race was closely contested as Oli won with a margin of 23 votes. Oli was backed by Vice Chairperson Bamdev Gautam, while Khanal was supported by Senior Leader Madhav Kumar Nepal.
Talking with media persons after the win, Oli said he would move ahead taking all lawmakers together. “The 98 lawmakers who voted for me and 75 lawmakers who voted for Khanal, all are UML lawmakers. We all will move together,” Oli said.
Chairperson Khanal, who lost the election, said that he and Oli will step ahead together in the party affairs. “Oli is now the PP leader and I chair the party. We will take our party ahead together,” Khanal said.