KATHMANDU: Twenty-eight lawmakers close to Madhav Kumar Nepal of the CPN-UML have refused to give a vote of confidence to Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli.
Contrary to the whip of the parliamentary party, senior leader Madhav Kumar Nepal, Jhala Nath Khanal and 20 directly elected and eight proportional lawmakers were absent from the House of Representatives meeting on Monday.
The 28 lawmakers are as follows:
Yogesh Bhattarai
Jhalanath Khanal
Pabitra Niraula Kharel
Bhavani Khapung
Jayakumar Rai
Yagya Raj Sunuwar
Ganesh Pahadi
Birod Khatiwada
Krishna Lal Maharjan
Madhav Kumar Nepal
Jeevan Ram Shrestha
Narayan Khatiwada
Ghanshyam Bhusal
Gokarna Bista
Som Prasad Pandey
Metmani Chaudhary
Jhapat Rawal
Bhim Rawal
Deepak Prakash Bhatt
Surendra Pandey
Ramkumari Jhankri
Sarala Yadav
Pushpakumari Karna
Kalyani Khadka
Niradevi Jairu
Kalila Khan
Laxmi Kumari Chaudhary
Mukunda Neupane
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