On May 28, 2008 the newly elected Constituent Assembly declared Nepal a Federal Democratic Republic, abolishing the 240-year-old monarchy. The motion for abolition of monarchy was carried by a huge majority; out of 564 members present in the assembly, 560 voted for the motion while 4 members voted against it.archive/2008/may/may28/news18. Nepalnews.com, news from Nepal as it happens]. Nepalnews.com. 28 May 2008. Retrieved on 2012-04-08.</ref> Finally, on June 11, 2008 ex-king Gyanendra left the palace.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20081007111955/http://www.nepalnews.com/archive/2008/jun/jun11/news16.php Ex-King Gyanendra leaves Narayanhiti]. nepalnews.com. 11 June 2008</ref> Ram Baran Yadav of the Nepali Congress became the first president of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal on July 23, 2008. Similarly, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, popularly known as [[Prachanda]], of the [[Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist)]] was elected as the first Prime Minister on August 15, 2008, defeating Sher Bahadur Deuba of the Nepali Congress Party.
Ruling UCPN-Moaist party suspended Prakash Dahal, son of the Prime Minister Prachanda, from the membership of the party and from the powerful state afiars committee over his alleged extra-marital affair with a student leader.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/south-asia/Prachandas-son-suspended-from-Maoist-party-over-affair/articleshow/14803620.cms | title= Prachanda's son suspended from Maoist party over 'affair'| date= 10 July 2012}}</ref>
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