Kathmandu: Pm K P Sharma Oli, who is facing a political crisis in Nepal, will move a confidence motion in Parliament on May 10 in an attempt to stay in power. An official statement said on Sunday that President Vidya Devi Bhandari has convened a session of Parliament on May 10 on the recommendation of PM Oli to get the government s vote of confidence. Oli needs at least 136 votes in the 275-member House of Representatives to win the trust vote as four MPs are currently suspended.
According to Nepali media reports, during a cabinet meeting on Sunday, Oli said he would try to win a vote of confidence in Parliament to retain power. Oli s decision comes amid a political stalemate in the country following PM Oli s controversial decision to dissolve the House of Representatives last year. Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Leela Nath Shrestha told the media that the PM will move a vote of confidence on May 10. It will be just a one-day session.
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On December 19, Nepal’s President Bidya Devi Bhandari, acting on the behest of Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli, dissolved the House of Representatives and announced fresh mid-term elections on April 30 and May 10, putting the nation in a state of near anarchy.
The Nepal Communist Party (NCP), which enjoyed a two-thirds majority government, has splintered into two factions – Oli versus Pushpa Kamal Dahal, more widely known as Prachanda. The two factions have begun their number games to win members.
The two major communist parties, the Unified Marxist-Leninist led by Oli and Maoist Center led by Dahal, had officially teamed up on June 7, 2018, to run the government, raising hopes for some stability in Nepal’s 30 years of democracy. But it did not last.
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Supporters of Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli participate in a rally in support of the government in Kathmandu, Nepal, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021.
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In 2017, the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) won nearly two-thirds of seats in Parliament after promising voters “development and prosperity.” Supporters welcomed the new majority government as a chance for progress through stability, after dozens of short-lived coalition governments since the 1990s. Yet today, three and a half years later, the NCP is split in two due to personal – not policy – disputes among top leaders, the future of Prime Minster Khadga Prasad Oli’s government is uncertain, and promises of miraculous economic growth are in tatters.
Rift widens in Nepal s ruling CPN-UML factions; appear to be headed towards split
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Party’s rival faction led by Madhav Madhav Kumar Nepal and Jhala Nath Khanal has organised a two-day national cadres meet Nepal s ruling CPN-UML appeared to be headed towards a split with its faction led by Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli threatening to take disciplinary action against those taking part in the party s rival group s national gathering beginning here on Wednesday, according to media reports.
The Communist Party of Nepal-UML s rival faction led by Madhav Madhav Kumar Nepal and Jhala Nath Khanal has organised a two-day national cadres meet where around 2,000 leaders and cadres representing all wings of the party are expected to take part.
Nepal s government signed a peace agreement Thursday with a small communist rebel group widely feared because they were known for violent attacks, extortion and bombings. The government agreed to lift a ban on the group, release all their party members and supporters in jail and drop all legal cases against them, while the group agreed to give up all violence and resolve any issues through peaceful dialogue, the government said in a statement after peace talks. Details of the agreement would be made public at a joint ceremony Friday with Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli and the leader of the rebel group Netra Bikram Chand, who is better known by his guerrilla name, Biplav. The rebels also call themselves the Nepal Communist Party.