KATHMANDU, November 17: The newly appointed chief minister of Province 1 Rajendra Rai is currently taking a vote of confidence on Wednesday.
Earlier, Rai was scheduled to take a vote of confidence on Tuesday but the meeting was postponed as the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) led by Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplab’ staged ‘banda’ (general shutdown).
Rai was appointed CM of Province 1 on November 2.
Presenting a proposal of floor test in the provincial assembly meeting on Wednesday, CM Rai expressed his belief that lawmakers of the opposition party will also vote in his favour.
CM Rai also maintained that he is ready to collaborate with the opposition party as well. CM Rai is likely to expand his Cabinet after the floor test. The province is likely to have a Cabinet of no more than 11 members. Currently, the province comprises seven ministries.
Of 92 province assembly members, Rai apparently has the support of 50 lawmakers of five parties in the provincial assembly. There are currently 21 lawmakers of Nepali Congress, 10 of CPN (Unified Socialist), 15 of CPN (Maoist Center), three of JSP and one of Sanghiya Loktantrik Manch.
Meanwhile, the main opposition party CPN-UML has currently 39 lawmakers in the provincial assembly excluding the Speaker and an absconding lawmaker.
KATHMANDU, November 17: The newly appointed chief minister of Province 1 Rajendra Rai is scheduled to take a vote of confidence on Wednesday.
Earlier, Rai was scheduled to take a vote of confidence on Tuesday but the meeting was postponed as the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) led by Netra Bikram Chand ‘Biplab’ staged ‘banda’ (general shutdown).
Rai was appointed CM of Province 1 on November 2.
According to CM Rai, the province is likely to have a Cabinet of no more than 11 members. Currently, the province comprises seven ministries.
Of 92 province assembly members, Rai apparently has the support of 50 lawmakers of five parties in the provincial assembly. There are currently 21 lawmakers of Nepali Congress, 10 of CPN (Unified Socialist), 15 of CPN (Maoist Center), three of JSP and one of Sanghiya Loktantrik Manch.
Meanwhile, the main opposition party CPN-UML has currently 39 lawmakers in the provincial assembly excluding the Speaker and an absconding lawmaker.
Rajendra Rai of the CPN-Unified Socialist has been appointed the chief minister of Province 1 on Tuesday. Governor (Province Chief) Som Nath Adhikari 'Pyasi' appointed him to the position.
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As the second Chief Minister (CM) of Province 1 Bhim Acharya resigned following only 68 days in office, a coalition of opposition parties in Province 1 collected signatures of 50 provincial assembly members to elect the next chief minister of the Province on Monday afternoon.
It may be noted that 47 signatures are enough for one to be elected as the chief minister from the 92-member strong provincial assembly.
A total of 59 lawmakers belonging to Nepali Congress (NA), CPN (Maoist Center), CPN (Unified Socialist), Janata Samajbadi Party (JSP) and Federal Democratic Forum submitted their signatures to the Province Chief Somnath Adhikari 'Pyasi'.
Among the signatories are 21 PA members of Nepali Congress, 15 of CPN (Maoist Center), 10 of CPN (Unified Socialist), three of JSP and one PA member from Federal Democratic Forum.
After the resignation of CM Acharya, Province 1 Chief Pyasi has set a deadline until 1:00 pm Tuesday to submit claims to the post of the new Chief Minister.
If everything goes as planned, Rajendra Rai is likely to become the new CM of Province. 1 on Tuesday. Rai is the Parliamentary Party leader of CPN (Unified Socialist), the third largest party of the five-party coalition.
Rai was elected PA member from Bhojpur. He switched to CPN (Unified Socialist) from CPN (UML) after the party was officially registered at the Election Commission on 25 August. The CPN (US) was formed under the leadership of former Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, after breaking away from the CPN-UML.
KATHMANDU, September 13: Rajendra Rai has been elected the parliamentary party (PP) leader of CPN (Unified Socialist) in Province 1.
A parliamentary party meeting held today elected Rai as a parliamentary party leader in the Province.
“Rajendra Rai has been elected the parliamentary party leader of CPN (Unified Socialist) in Province 1,” said Rajan Rai, a member of the Provincial Assembly of the party.
Similarly, Bhim Acharya, the newly appointed chief minister of the province has lost his majority and he is scheduled to take a trust vote by September 25.
There are currently 92 members in the Provincial Assembly. Of them, 41 are of CPN (UML) including the Speaker, 15 of CPN (Maoist Center), 10 of CPN (Unified Socialist), three of Janata Samajbadi Party and one each of RPP and Sanghiya Loktantrik Manch.
