COVID-19: Nepalese PM loses vote of confidence as cases surge
Reuters, KATHMANDU
Nepalese Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli on Monday lost a confidence vote in parliament, the speaker said, pitching the nation into political turmoil at a time when it is battling a major second wave of COVID-19 infections.
Oli’s moderate communist party split from former Maoist rebels in March after differences over its power-sharing deal, wiping out the governing majority. Political parties will now try to cobble together a new ruling coalition.
Nepalese Parliament Speaker Agni Sapkota said that of 232 lawmakers present, 93 voted in favor of Oli, while 124 were against and 15 abstained.