INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KATHMANDU, FEBRUARY 27All 8 CPN-UML ministers today tendered their resignation to Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal after a conference of
their celebration Secretariat decided to withdraw support to the government.
Ministers from CPN (UML) resign
PM Dahal, CPN (UML) Chair Oli
meet
Prime Minister Dahal will now need to seek vote of self-confidence within 30 days as two of the partners of the seven-party alliance -
RPP and UML - have actually withdrawn support to the government.After the party secretariat meeting, UML leader Bishnu Prasad Paudel said
his celebration decided to withdraw assistance to the government as the PM was preparing to get rid of UML ministers or divest them of their
He stated the PMs choice preventing Foreign Minister Bimala Rai Paudyal from participating in the Human Rights Council conference in Geneva
was also one factor behind their decision to withdraw support to the federal government
Paudel said that Dahals public remarks versus UML was also another factor behind the celebrations choice to withdraw support.PM Dahal had on
Saturday said that the UML would sit in the opposition.Stating that the UML had actually participated in this government under special
situations, Paudel stated his party wanted the ruling parties to follow the agreement reached on December 25, particularly the arrangement
to elect the UML candidate as the new president, however PM Dahal backtracked on that and chosen to support the NC candidate rather
Although we did not agree with the PM on the presidential election, we were of the view that we might continue to help him by ending up
being a partner in the government, however the PM did not want us to be a partner, Paudel argued.UML leaders have been saying that on
December 25, the PM had consented to elect the UML prospect as the brand-new president, but later backtracked on the agreement.The PM, who
got 99 percent votes during the vote of self-confidence, consisting of that of the Nepali Congress, the primary opposition, has actually
been saying there is requirement to elect a brand-new president through agreement that shows the near agreement vote during the vote of
confidence.CPN-MC leaders just recently stated that if the UML candidate won the presidential election, UML would hold all crucial posts and
the celebration could develop issues for Dahals government.The PM and his party leaders were unhappy with Oli for his speech in your home of
Representatives where he validated his decision to liquify the HoR twice.Receiving the UML leaders resignation letters, the PM told them he
had forged alliance with the UML with the aim of running the union for a very long time, however political developments did not enable him
He said as politics was a game of possibilities, he might have to sign up with hands with the UML in the future, outbound Foreign Minister
Bimala Rai Paudyal said.She stated the PM clarified that he told her in excellent faith not to go to Geneva as in the previous the Cabinet
was reshuffled when a minister was representing the nation abroad.The Rabi Lamichhane-led Rastriya Swatantra Party which withdrew from the
government in the very first week of February continues to support the federal government
RSP Spokesperson Mukul Dhakal informed THT that they were preserving equidistance with all the celebrations and would take a contact the
governmental election after a few days
The RSP has not made it clear which candidate it supports-- the NCs Paudel or the UMLs Subas Chandra Nembang - who are contending for the
presidential post.A version of this post appears in the print on February 28, 2023, of The Himalayan Times
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