Kathmandu, April 9: Bimala Ghimire of the CPN-UML has been elected as the vice-chairperson of the National Assembly. Ghimire was elected by defeating Bishnudevi Pudasaini of the Nepali Congress. Ghimire bagged 39 votes, whereas, Pudasaini bagged only 16 votes. Ghimire was supported by the Maoist Center, Unified Samajwadi Party and Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP), alliance partners in the government. People’s News Monitoring Service.