KATHMANDU: Nepal’s Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahl has failed to win a confidence vote in parliament following the withdrawal of Prachanda allies.
According to a report by NDTV, Nepal’s Parliament passed a motion of confidence on Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahl on Friday, but the Communist Party of Nepal Unified Marxist-Leninist (CPN-UML) withdrew its cooperation with the government. .
The report said that 69-year-old Pushpa Kamal Dahl secured 63 votes in the 275-member House, while 194 votes were cast against the resolution, while the support of at least 138 members was required to win a vote of confidence.
It should be noted that Pushpa Kamal Dahl Prachanda has had to go through the difficult phase of getting the vote of confidence 4 times since assuming the post of Prime Minister on 25 December 2022.
Last week, the CPNUML-led party led by former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli had announced its separation from Pushpa Kamal Dahl Prachanda’s government and earlier a power-sharing agreement with Nepali Congress, the largest party in the House. what was
Nepali Congress president Sher Bahadur Deoba has already approved Oli as the country’s next prime minister.
The Nepali Congress has an 89-member majority in the House, while the CPN-UML has 78 seats, taking their combined strength to 168, far more than the required 138 seats in the lower house.
