Nepali Congress Names Gagan Thapa as PM Candidate for March Elections
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News18•23-01-2026, 17:30
Nepali Congress Names Gagan Thapa as PM Candidate for March Elections
- •Nepali Congress announced Gagan Thapa as its prime ministerial candidate for the upcoming March elections.
- •The declaration was made during the Central Working Committee meeting at the party headquarters in Sanepa, Lalitpur district.
- •Vice President Bishwa Prakash Sharma proposed Thapa's nomination, seconded by Pushpa Bhusal, and unanimously endorsed by the committee.
- •Thapa, 49, was recently elected president of Nepali Congress (NC).
- •Other PM candidates include Balendra Shah (Rastriya Swotantra Party) and K P Sharma Oli (CPN-UML).
Why It Matters: Gagan Thapa is the Nepali Congress's PM candidate for the March elections, endorsed by the party.
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