A day after the reinstatement of the dissolved parliament as per the royal proclamation, the meeting of the seven-party alliance (SPA) on Tuesday has unanimously nominated Nepali Congress president Girija Prasad Koirala to head the new government.
The 85-year-old Koirala also held the post of premier after the 1991 general elections.
Amid speculations that the SPA could witness serious differences over the issue of choosing a premier, CPN (UML) general secretary Madhav Kumar Nepal and NC (Democratic) president Sher Bahadur Deuba proposed Koirala’s name to head the new government while rest of the alliance leaders supported it.