Nepali Congress, the largest Opposition group in parliament, is set to elect its new chief with three-time premier Sher Bahadur Deuba leading the pack of contestants to lead the party following the death of its president and Nepal’s ex-Prime Minister Sushil Koirala.
A triangular contest is expected during the 13th national convention starting tomorrow for the top post in the party which lost power last year to a largely-leftist coalition under an arrangement between major parties to elect a new government after the promulgation of the Constitution.