SUDURPASCHIM, Aug. 13: Sudurpaschim Province Chief Minister Kamal Bahadur Shah is seeking a vote of confidence from the provincial assembly today.
Information Officer at the Province Assembly Secretariat Tara Kumari Joshi said Chief Minister Shah is scheduled to seek the vote of confidence at today’s provincial assembly meeting.
Sudurpaschim CM Shah to seek vote of confidence on Wednesday
Shah is seeking the vote of confidence after the CPN-UML, a coalition partner in the provincial government, withdrew its support to the Shah-led government on July 15.
Under the constitutional provision, a provincial government must either secure a vote of confidence or resign within 30 days of a coalition partner withdrawing its support.
Chief Minister Shah wrote to Province Assembly Speaker Bhim Bahadur Bhandari on Wednesday, requesting him to summon the provincial assembly meeting to seek a vote of confidence.
The 53-member provincial assembly has 18 members from the Nepali Congress, 22 from the Nepali Communist Party, including the Speaker, and 11 from the UML. The Rastriya Prajatantra Party has one lawmaker in the Sudurpaschim Province Assembly.
