The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has won the most seats in the parliamentary elections held in Bhutan on Tuesday and will form the new government.
People are hopeful that the leader will fulfill the promises to overcome the economic crisis in the Himalayan country. According to the latest data from Bhutan Broadcasting Service, Bhutan’s national broadcaster, the PDP has won 30 seats in the 47-member National Assembly while the Bhutan Tendrel Party has won 17 seats.
Who is Tshering Tobgay?
With this, the way has been cleared for Tshering Tobgay to become the Prime Minister. He is going to become the Prime Minister of Bhutan for the second time.
In 2008 he was the leader of the opposition in the first Parliament of Bhutan. Dobge, 48, also studied at Harvard. He was the Prime Minister of the country from 2013 to 2018. Apart from this, he has held administrative positions in Bhutan.
PM Modi congratulated
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also congratulated Tshering Tobgay for this victory. He wrote on social media platform
It is hoped that our relations will become stronger in future also and mutual friendship and cooperation will continue.
This is the fourth national election in Bhutan since the transition from traditional monarchy to parliamentary government in 2008. Bhutan’s Election Commission will release the final results on Wednesday.
Only the People’s Democratic Party of former Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay and the Bhutan Tendrel Party headed by former civil servant Pema Chewang are included in the election.
The ruling centre-left Druk Nyamrup Tshogpa party, along with three other parties, were eliminated from the final round of voting in the primary round of voting in November.
Bhutan is located between China and India and the two neighbors are competing to establish their influence in this landlocked country with a population of about eight million.
The economic crisis was the main issue in the election campaign in the country. According to the World Bank, the growth rate in Bhutan in the last five years has been 1.7 percent.
Due to unemployment, migration of youth in search of higher education and jobs abroad is weakening the economic potential of the country.
To overcome economic challenges, Bhutan’s King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck in December announced plans for a megacity in Gelephu that would house carbon-free industries with foreign investment. This city will be located on the border of the Indian state of Assam.
Wangchuk had said that the city would be built keeping in mind Bhutanese culture and tradition and would be in harmony with the Himalayan ecosystem.
He had met top Indian business leaders who are expected to invest in the project.
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