Oli govt toppled as he fails floor test, 28 UML lawmakers of Khanal-Nepal faction abstain

Setopati

Kathmandu, May 10

Prime Minister (PM) KP Sharma Oli has failed the floor test in the House of Representatives (HoR).

The motion for confidence vote presented by PM Oli received only 93 votes on Monday while 124 lawmakers voted against the government and 15 decided to neither support nor oppose the motion.

Twenty-eight lawmakers of the Khanal-Nepal faction of CPN-UML did not attend the House proceedings despite the ruling party issuing a whip instructing all the lawmakers to vote in support of the motion.

The current strength of House of Representatives (HoR) is 271 after CPN (Maoist Center) expelled four lawmakers who joined CPN-UML after the Supreme Court (SC) invalidated unification of UML and Maoist Center on March 7.

Ruling UML currently has 121 lawmakers, NC 63 (but two are suspended), Maoist Center has 49 (including Speaker), JSP 34 (including two suspended) and three lawmakers are independent.

Oli needed to get 136 votes to pass the floor test.

Published Date: 2021-05-10 17:53:00

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