Nepal has long been mired in political instability and Prachanda, 61, becomes its 24th Prime Minister since protests led to the establishment of a multi-party democracy in 1990. Under a widely reported power-sharing deal, Nepali Congress leader Sher Bahadur Deuba is expected to take over from Prachanda before Nepal holds a general election at the beginning of 2018. Prachanda, whose real name in Pushpa Kamal Dahal, won 363 votes of the 573 votes cast in the 595-member parliament. Kathmandu, Aug 3 (Reuters): Nepal's parliament on Wednesday elected Prachanda, who led a decade-long insurgency that topped a feudal monarchy, as the Himalayan nation's new Prime Minister, a week after K.P. Deuba headed the cabinet that offered a bounty of 5 million rupees for Prachanda in 2001, at the peak of the insurgency.

Source: The Telegraph August 03, 2016 11:15 UTC