Druk Phuensum Tshogpa (Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ཕུན་སུམ་ཚོགས་པ།; Wylie: 'brug phun-sum tshog-pa; translation: Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party; abbr.

The working committee of the merged entity, headed by the former home minister, Jigmi Yoezer Thinley, decided on the name for the new party.

[7] In the 2013 general election, while the DPT secured 15 seats, it lost the position of ruling party.

[8] In July 2013 Jigme Thinley submitted the resignation for the Member of National Assembly before beginning its Legislative Session.

So on 24 July of the same year Pema Gyamtsho, who is a former Minister of Agriculture and Forest, was appointed the Opposition Leader in NA for the Second Legislative Session.