KATHMANDU: Election for the post of Nepali Congress Parliamentary Party (PP) leader has begun at the PP Office in Singha Durbar on Wednesday. Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and senior leader Ram Chandra Paudel are in the fray for the post of PP leader. Both, Deuba and Paudel, had filed their nominations for the election of PP leader yesterday. The position of PP leader of the main opposition and the largest party in Parliament had been lying vacant since the demise of the then party president and PP leader Sushil Koirala on February 9. NC has altogether 207 lawmakers. Lawmaker Farmullah Mansur had proposed Deuba as candidate and Padma Narayan Chaudhary had seconded it. Prakash Man Singh had proposed Paudel for the post and newly elected General Secretary Shashank Koirala had seconded the proposal. Paudel was defeated by Deuba in the party presidential election held during the 13th National General Convention in early March.