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Nepalese President Bidya Devi Bhandari today asked all political parties to elect a new Prime Minister within seven days through consensus, a day after Prachanda resigned from the post.
President Bhandari had accepted the resignation of Prachanda and asked him to continue as caretaker Prime Minister till his successor is elected.
A notice issued by the President’s office said, she has called the political parties representing the Legislative Parliament to elect a new Prime Minister and form a council of ministers under his or her leadership.
‘Prachanda’ resigned to honour a power sharing deal with the ruling coalition partner Nepali Congress to hand over the country’s leadership to the largest party in Parliament.