Prachanda elected UCPN (M) chair

Incumbent Chairperson of the CPN (Maoist Center) Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has been re-elected chairperson of the party unopposed.

Prachanda was elected unopposed as the chairperson by the first meeting of the new central committee of the party held at the Heritage Garden at Sanepa Heights in Lalitpur this afternoon, according to central member Himal Sharma.