Gandaki province Chief Minister Surendra Raj Pandey has secured the vote of confidence.
He received 31 votes in his favour and 28 votes were cast against him.
Pandey secured 27 votes of province assembly members from Congress and 2 from RPP. He also got the vote of independent MP Rajeev Gurung alias Deepak Manange and Nepal Samajwadi Party MP Phanindra Devkota. Devkota had contested the election with Maoist electoral symbol.
Likewise 22 MPs from UML and 6 from Maoists voted against Pandey.
Even though Devkota was elected on the Maoist party symbol, he crossed the floor...
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