Kathmandu, March 12 -- Nepali Congress leader and National Assembly member Krishna Prasad Sitaula has said that the results of the House of Representatives election held last Thursday were unexpected.

Nepali Congress has never received such a crushing defeat since the parliamentary elections held in Nepal since 1991. Though the party holds the second position in overall results, its standing is far behind the Rastriya Swatantra Party's supermajority.

Speaking with reporters at Singha Durbar on Wednesday, Sitaula said there would be a discussion in the party about its humiliating loss. Out of the 165 seats under the first-past-the-post system, the RSP has bagged 125. The Congress won only 18 seats. The final tally of the proportional rep...