Kathmandu, Jan. 24 -- The Nepali Congress on Friday declared party president Gagan Thapa as its prime ministerial candidate if the party wins a majority in the March parliamentary elections.

A meeting of the newly elected central working committee held at the party headquarters in Sanepa decided to go to the polls by projecting Thapa as the party's candidate for prime minister, said Devaraj Chalise, the Congress spokesperson.

It was the first central committee meeting since Thapa was elected Congress chief by a special general convention on January 15.

Party vice-president Bishwa Prakash Sharma said the move was intended to give voters a clear choice on who the party wants to lead the government. Sharma had tabled the proposal at the m...