Nepal PM Sushil Koirala likely to resign tomorrow

Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala is likely to submit his resignation to President Ram Baran Yadav on Friday to pave way for the election of a new Prime Minister of the country.

Meanwhile, Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli, chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist), tipped to become the next Prime Minister of the Himalayan nation.

Koirala, a Nepali Congress leader, was elected as the Prime Minister of Nepal on February 10, 2014. President Yadav on September 20 had announced the adoption of a new secular and democratic Constitution, which marked Nepal's transformation from a Hindu monarchy to a secular democracy.