New Delhi, Nepal's newly appointed Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli will seek a vote of confidence in Parliament on July 21 as per the constitution. The chief whip of his party gave this information on Wednesday. The 72-year-old senior leader took oath as the Prime Minister of Nepal on Monday.
My Republic news portal quoted Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist-Leninist Chief Whip Mahesh Bartaula as saying that Prime Minister Oli has decided to seek a vote of confidence on Sunday. According to Nepal's constitution, Oli must take a vote of confidence from Parliament within 30 days of his appointment, which he easily achieved. will do
Because the minimum number to form a government in the 275-member House of Representatives is only 138. The leader of Nepal's largest Communist Party was appointed prime minister on Sunday by President Ram Chandra Paudel to lead a coalition government with the largest party in parliament, the Nepali Congress. Apart from this, other small parties are also involved in this.
Oli Pushpa will replace Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', who lost the trust vote in the HOR last week, leading to the formation of a new government.
The CPN-UML president is now heading a new coalition government, which is facing the difficult challenge of providing political stability in Nepal. Nepal has faced frequent political upheavals, as the country has had 14 governments in the last 16 years since the introduction of the republican system.
Within hours of Oli's swearing-in, three lawyers Deepak Adhikari, Khagendra Prasad Chapagain and Shailendra Kumar Gupta filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court of Nepal challenging his appointment, arguing that it was unconstitutional and seeking its annulment.
Lawyers argued that if the government formed under Article 76(2) fails the floor test in the House of Representatives, the President should call for the formation of a new government under Article 76(3). The Supreme Court has fixed the preliminary hearing of the case on July 21, the same day Oli will participate in the floor test in Parliament.SS1MS
