Three-time Nepal prime minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has been elected the new president of Nepali Congress, the country’s largest democratic party, in a run-off poll, succeeding late premier Sushil Koirala.Deuba, 69, was elected the Nepali Congress chief during the 13th National General Convention here last night.The post was vacant after the demise of 79-year-old Koirala last month.Deuba received 1,822 votes, while Ram Chandra Paudel, the acting president of the party, was restricted to 1,296 votes. - See more at:
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