Angdembe elected NC parliamentary party leader
Summary
Bhishma Raj Angdembe has been unanimously elected as the leader of the Nepali Congress parliamentary party following a consensus among factions.
Key Points
- Bhishma Raj Angdembe was unanimously elected as the leader of the Nepali Congress parliamentary party.
- Angdembe's election came after consensus among competing claims from Mohan Acharya and Arjun Narsingh KC.
- He has a long history of political activism including supporting multiparty democracy in the 1979 referendum and participating actively in the 1990 and 2006 People's Movements.
- Angdembe represented Panchthar constituency-2 in the 2013 Constituent Assembly and has held important positions within the party and parliamentary committees.
