CPN (Maoist Center) Pushpa Kamal Dahal has been elected as the party’s Parliamentary Party leader. A Parliamentary Party meeting held in Singha Durbar on Thursday unanimously elected Dahal as the party leader. Hit Raj Pandey has been elected as the chief whip.

Similarly, Narayan Kaji Shrestha has been picked as the party leader of the National Assembly.

The Maoist Center won 32 seats in the recently held elections. A meeting of the office bearers was held prior to the Parliamentary Party meeting. The meeting discussed power sharing and future strategy among other issues.