KATHMANDU, March 1: Both the Nepali Congress and the CPN-UML will take the opposition seat in parliament.
The Nepali Congress has maintained that the party will remain in the opposition seat until the party formally joins the government.
Likewise, the coalition between the CPN (Maoist Center) and the CPN-UML recently broke down, which placed the UML in the opposition seat.
In accordance with Article 100(2) of the Constitution of Nepal, in case the political party represented by the Prime Minister splits or a political party in the coalition government withdraws its support, the Prime Minister shall submit a motion in the House of Representatives. for a vote of confidence within thirty days.
With the decision of the CPN-UML party and Rastriya Prajatantra to withdraw their support for the government, the government led by Prime Minister Dahal now enjoys the support of 153 lawmakers, including 32 CPN (Maoist Center) lawmakers, 88 lawmakers from the Congress of Nepal, 12 from JSP, 10 from CPN (USA), four from Nagarik Unmukti Party, six from Janamat Party and one from Rastriya Janamorcha.
