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