India, March 20 -- Nepali Congress President Gagan Thapa has submitted his resignation from the post after the party's defeat in the recently held general elections, a media report said on Thursday.

The House of Representatives elections held on March 5 elected a 275-member Lower House known as the Pratinidhi Sabha. The Nepali Congress (NC) secured 38 seats in the polls, despite its slogan -- "This time, over 100 seats".

Thapa, 49, who was projected as the NC's prime ministerial candidate, also lost from Dhanusha-4 constituency to Amaresh Singh of the Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP). Thapa submitted his resignation to NC Vice President Bishwa Prakash Sharma shortly after a date for the party Central Working Committee meeting was fixed, T...