The Nepali Congress is to vote against Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda's proposal seeking a vote of confidence in the House of Representatives on July 12. PM Prachanda is seeking a vote of confidence for his government from the lower house of the Federal Parliament in the House meeting at 11.00 am tomorrow.
Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has requested the Nepali Congress, the main opposition party, refrain from obstructing the Lower House meeting and urged it not to unnecessarily politicise DPM and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane’s issue.
KATHMANDU: The Nepali Congress (NC) has taken a decisive stance against Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s vote of confidence in the House of Representatives. Nepali Congress Chief Whip Ramesh Lekhak issued a statement today, instructing party MPs to vote against the confidence motion during the House meeting scheduled for March 13. This move comes in […]
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KATHMANDU, Aug 28: Opposition parties are preparing to demand that the province chief summon the special session of the Bagmati Province Assembly at a time CPN-UML’s Ashta Laxmi Shakya has recently been sworn in as the chief minister of the province.
Whip of Nepali Congress (NC) in the province, Tsering Dorje Lama said that CM Shakya attempted to avoid the House meeting by recommending the prorogation of the ongoing session.
As per Article 183 (3) of the constitution, If, during the prorogation or recess of the session of the provincial assembly, one-fourth of the total number of its members make a petition that it is expedient to convene a session or meeting, the chief of the province shall specify the date and time for such session or meeting.
Following the recommendation by CM Shakya, Province Chief Yadav Chandra prorogued the ongoing session effective from Friday midnight as she lost a majority in the provincial assembly just a week after she took the helm of the chief ministership in the province.
Amid the escalating dispute in the UML, the then Chief Minister resigned as the parliamentary party leader and chief minister to pave the way for Shakya to lead the province on August 18. Shakya was sworn in as the chief minister on the same day. She also inducted two ministers into her Cabinet.
As per the constitutional provision, CM Shakya is required to take the confidence motion within 30 days of her appointment. However, it seems quite difficult for her to win the House’s confidence as One of the two ministers seems to have been supporting the CPN (Unified Socialist) led by the former senior leader of the UML, Madhav Kumar Nepal. Another lawmaker, Rajendra Pandey has also joined the CPN (US). Pandey claimed that he has the support of 12 lawmakers, meaning the Shakya government can be toppled at any moment.
Shakya, who remained in the rival faction led by leader Nepal for a long time after the then Prime Minister and UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli dissolved the House of Representatives (HoR) on December 20, last year, joined the Oli faction at a time when Nepal was preparing to register his new party. Consequently, she was appointed the chief minister of Bagmati Province.
KATHMANDU, July 12: The Supreme Court (SC) issued a mandamus to summon a fresh session of the reinstated House of Representatives (HoR) for 5 PM on July 18.
A five-member constitutional bench presided by Chief Justice Cholendra Shumsher JB Rana, passed the order to call the House meeting, on Monday.
The House was dissolved by President Bidya Devi Bhandari on May 22 at the recommendation of the Council of Ministers.
Through its landmark verdict on Monday, the apex court issued the mandamus in the name of the Office of President to appoint Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba as the prime minister as per Article 76 (5) in two days.
As Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli decided to secure a vote of confidence in the federal parliament, the national politics has taken a new turn. It has obviously shaken the power-centric politics. President Bidya Devi Bhandari has called the meeting of House of Representatives (HoR) on May 10.With the House meeting approaching, the leaderships of the major parties are busy making their strategy to tip the scales in their favour.
Main opposition Nepali Congress on 4 May de
With the Nepali Congress and Janata Samajbadi Party for it, it will likely be ratified but the Speaker has to agree to table the compact for vote in the House meeting.
