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Province 1 CM Rai dismisses Economic Affairs Minister Angbo


26 December 2020  

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KATHMANDU: Province 1 Chief Minister Sherdhan Rai has dismissed Minister for Economic Affairs and Planning Indra Angbo.

CM Rai sacked him accusing the minister of being active in bringing a no-confidence motion against him.

Minister Angbo has been relieved of his post by the Chief Minister according to Article 169 (2) (b) of the Constitution, said Dhruba Subedi, Press Advisor to the Chief Minister.

The Prachanda-Nepal faction of the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) is preparing to bring a no-confidence motion against the Chief Minister.

The Prachanda-Nepal faction had on Friday registered a no-confidence motion against Bagmati Chief Minister Dormani Poudel.

Sources said final preparations were being made to bring a no-confidence motion against Chief Minister Rai.

The source claimed that the Prachanda-Nepal faction has a majority in the state assembly.

The NCP has 68 lawmakers out of 93 in the state assembly. Of them, 52 are from erstwhile CPN-UML and 16 are from the then Maoist (Center).

Publish Date : 26 December 2020 19:25 PM

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