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KP Sharma Oli set to become Nepal's new prime minister

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Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli is set to become Nepal's new prime minister once again following incumbent Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' failing to secure a trust vote in Parliament on Friday. Prachanda had previously survived four trust votes amidst frequent political turmoil in the country.

On Friday, KP Oli, the chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML), staked a claim to form a new majority government. He presented his case to President Ramchandra Paudel, backed by 165 lawmakers, including 77 from his own party and 88 from the Nepali Congress

Nepal has been politically unstable since it abolished a 239-year-old monarchy in 2008. Oli's new government will be the 14th since then.

Dahal, 69, was forced to either resign or prove his majority in parliament after his largest ally, the liberal Communist Unified Marxist Leninist (UML) party, led by Oli, withdrew support last week.

At the end of June, Oli, a two-time former prime minister, secured a majority by striking a deal with the centrist Nepali Congress (NC). He is poised to govern, but no date has been set for the new government to take office.

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