It’s Thapa vs Deuba in Congress MP leader race

Win or lose parliamentary party vote, Gagan Thapa has already projected himself as the party’s future leader.

Gagan Thapa, the 46-year-old general secretary of the Nepali Congress, will run against the 76-year-old party president Sher Bahadur Deuba for the position of parliamentary party leader in an election today. To be elected the leader, a candidate has to secure the backing of at least 45 of the party’s 89 lawmakers.