Former Nepali Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Thursday returned home to a rousing welcome from his supporters at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, five months after he had left for Singapore to get a "medical check-up".A large crowd of leaders and party workers, including former office-bearers of the party "” then acting President Purna Bahadur Khadka, Krishna Prasad Sitaula, Prakash Man Singh, Bimalendra Nidhi and Prakash Sharan Mahat, among others welcomed Deuba as he arrived at the airport via Thailand.

Supporters chanted slogans in support of Deuba who is facing both legal and political challenge at home as he was ousted by the contested Special General Convention in January.