Amid mixed signals, Nepal faction s support for Deuba is not a certainty Kathmandu Post
Kathmandu, July 18 Two political developments-one within the CPN-UML and the other within the Janata Samajbadi Party-on Saturday provided indications on the immediate direction of Nepali politics in the form of the fate of the Sher Bahadur Deuba government.
How these developments will take a final shape will decide whether Deuba continues as prime minister for the full term of the House of Representatives, which has some 18 months to go, or there will be midterm polls within six months. Deuba needs to take a vote of confidence in the House by August 11 failing which the House will be dissolved and snap polls called.
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Nepal s Reinstated House Of Representatives To Hold First Meeting On July 18
Nepal s 275-member lower house of parliament will be meeting for the first time since the parliament was unconstitutionally dissolved on May 22.
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Nepal’s President Bidhya Devi Bhandari on Thursday summoned a meeting of the reinstated House of Representatives (HoR) on the recommendation of Nepal’s newly formed cabinet. On the same day, a separate meeting of the National Assembly or the Upper House of the Parliament will also take place, the Office of President said in an official press release. The meeting has been summoned for 4 pm of Sunday, July 18,” it stated.
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Nepal PM Sher Bahadur Deuba Sworn In For Fifth Time; Forms 5 Member Cabinet
A vote of confidence will be held in the lower house of the parliament in approximately 7 days as announced by Nepal’s Supreme court after the new PM took oath
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Nepal’s Opposition Congress leader Sher Bahadur Deuba on July 13 was sworn in as the Prime Minister for the fifth time months after the Southeast Asian country’s top court ousted the former PM KP Sharma Oli. Newly sworn-in Deuba also formed a small 5 member cabinet, according to ANI. The Nepal parliament was dissolved in May by ex-PM Oli after he was removed as Chairman of ruling NCP over allegations of corruption, mishandling of COVID-19, and tensions with the party of former Maoist rebels Pushpa Kamal Dahal, with whom he had merged to form a unified Communist Party.