He was elected as the Leader of Parliamentary Party of the Nepali Congress on June 20, 2009 by securing 61 votes against Sher Bahadur Deuba, a former Prime Minister who secured 48 votes. Poudel is also Vice President of Nepali Congress Party.
Born in October 1944 in a lower middle class farmer’s family of a remote village of Satiswara of Tanahun district in Western Nepal. Marital Status Married and have five children, four daughters and a son. Education M.A. (1970) in Nepali literature from Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, appeared in the examination while being detained the jail as an anti-panchayat leader.
SASTRI (1967) in Sanskrit literature from Tribhuvan University.
