Nepal prime minister to face trust vote today

May 20, 2024 08:34

Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda'

Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal is set to seek support in the lower House of Representatives on Monday, marking his fourth vote of confidence in parliament within 18 months of him assuming power.

The federal parliament secretariat has included tabling and put in motion, the proposal of vote of confidence by the prime minister in its probable schedule for today.

This development comes in the wake of withdrawal of support by the Janata Samajbadi Party Nepal.

As of now, PM Dahal has lawmakers from CPN-UML (Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist), Maoist Center, Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP), CPN-Unified Socialist and Janata Samajbadi Party on board the cabinet.

The CPN-UML has 77 lawmakers, the Maoist has 32, the RSP has 21, the CPN-US has 10, the Janata Samajbadi Party has seven, and the Nagarik Unmukti Party has four lawmakers in the parliament who will be voting in favour of PM Dahal.

Additionally, three more independent lawmakers are also supporting the prime minister.

Dahal, alias Prachanda, will require the support of 138 lawmakers to win the vote of confidence.

According to the statistics, he has a comfortable majority of 154 lawmakers on his side.

« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES

T20 World Cup Final: Will India Make This One Big Change?

Will India bring in Sanju Samson for the struggling Shivam Dube?

India break multiple Test records on Day 1 vs SA

Shafali Verma, the young Indian opener, stole the show on the opening day of the one-off women's Test against South Africa, smashing a record-breaking double century.

Cabbie killed, 6 injured after part of roof collapses at Delhi airport

A cab driver died and six people were injured after a portion of a canopy at Delhi airport's Terminal-1 collapsed on cars amid heavy rain early Friday, leading to suspension of flight departures, according to officials.

Nagal set to make maiden appearance at Wimbledon

World No. 72 Nagal has a tough road ahead as he is placed in the same section of the draw as top seed and World No. 1 Jannik Sinner

'People like Kohli are institutions for Indian cricket'

Sourav Ganguly lauded Rohit Sharma's leadership qualities for India's unbeaten run in the ongoing T20 World Cup final