Prime Minister of Nepal Pushpa Kamal Dahal on Tuesday secured a vote of confidence in the House of Representatives.
Dahal received 268 votes in the 275-member strong parliament. A total of two lawmakers voted against and none remained neutral. A total of 270 lawmakers were present in Tuesday’s meeting. The prime minister required at least 138 votes to win the trust motion.
Apart from the lawmakers of parties in the ruling alliance, lawmakers from Nepali Congress, CPN (Unified Socialist) and Loktantrik Samajbadi Party voted in favour of the confidence motion.
“I declare that the motion of the vote of confidence tabled by Prime Minister Dahal has been endorsed with a majority,” said oldest parliamentarian Pashupati Shumsher Rana, who chaired the meeting as a Speaker.
By this Nepalese Parliament is now with No Main Opposition. To be in Main Opposition any party must have 10% of total seats but only two were against PM Prachanda.
