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PM Deuba may tender resignation after final announcement of poll results

Nepali Congress leader Sher Bahadur Deuba after being elected the Prime Minister on Tuesday, June 6, 2017.

Kathmandu, February 8

Sources close to Prime Minsiter Sher Bahadur Deuba say the Nepali Congress President is mulling over tendering his resignation to President Bidya Devi Bhandari as soon as the Election Commission announces final results of the House of Representatives elections.

While the left alliance was demanding that Deuba resign at the earliest, Deuba had been claiming that his government was yet to execute the mandate of holding National Assembly elections. Now, after the successful completion of the Upper House polls, the Commission is preparing to submit the final results to the President.

Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Yagya Bahadur Thapa says Deuba is likely to announce his resignation on the same day when the Commission submits the results.

Though his resignation is not necessary to form the new government as the new Parliament will be elected through the elections, the left alliance, which is preparing to lead the next government, has been stressing that announcement of the resignation would show Deuba’s respect to people’s fresh mandate.

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