Kathmandu (TIP): Nepal’s Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was re-elected on Wednesday as the president of the ruling Nepali Congress — the country’s largest democratic party — for a consecutive second four year term after defeating his rival Shekhar Koirala in a run-off. Five-time premier Dueba secured 2,733 votes during the second round of elections, defeating Koirala, who secured 1,855 votes, according to the 14th General Convention of the Nepali Congress. Koirala is the nephew of former prime minister Girija Prasad Koirala. — PTI
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