Deuba appointed new Nepal PM

Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Tuesday appointed Sher Bahadur Deuba, leader of the opposition Nepali Congress party, as the country’s new Prime Minister.

The development came a day after the Supreme Court overturned former Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli’s decision to dissolve Parliament and directed Bhandari to appoint Deuba as the Prime Minister.

Already appointed as the Prime Minister four times previously, Deuba, 69, will now take charge of the Himalayan nation for the fifth time.

He is leading an alliance of four parties — Nepali Congress, Nepal Communist Party (Maoist Center), Janata Samajbai Party and Rastriya Janamorcha.

In an address to the nation on Tuesday, Oli said that he will abide by the Supreme Court verdict and is going to vacate the post, but he has refused to resign.

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