MORANG: Province 1 Chief Minister and Parliamentary Party Leader of Nepal Communist Party (NCP) KP Oli faction Sherdhan Rai has suspended another lawmaker.
CM Rai suspended lawmaker Upendra Ghimire representing the Prachanda-Nepal faction for filing a no-confidence motion against him.
NPC Chief Whip supporting CM Rai, Buddhi Kumar Rajbhandari, has notified the Provincial Assembly on the suspension of the lawmaker.
Earlier on Thursday, CM Rai had suspended 15 lawmakers for filing the motion against him.
The suspended lawmakers are Bhim Prasad Acharya, Rajendra Rai, Mohan Kumar Khadka, Lila Ballabh Adhikari, Lachhuman Tiwari, Kul Prasad Samba, Indra Bahadur Angbo, Vijay Kumar Bishwas, Yashoda Adhikari, Dhirendra Sharma, Jeevan Ghimire, Kusum Kumari Shrestha, Tank Angbuhang, Sabitra Kumari Regmi, and Sarita Thapa.
It should be noted that the NCP Prachanda-Nepal faction had appointed Bhim Acharya as the NCP parliamentary party leader of Province 1.
A meeting of the NCP Parliamentary Party of Province 1 held on Thursday had appointed Acharya by ousting Chief Minister Rai.
A no-confidence motion had been filed against Chief Minister Rai on December 27. There are 93 lawmakers in Province 1. Of them, the Nepal Communist Party (NCP) has 67 lawmakers.
There are more than 40 lawmakers in favor of the Prachanda-Madhav faction and 20 lawmakers in favor of Chief Minister Rai.
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