POKHARA: Chief Minister Prithvi Subba Gurung of Gandaki Pradesh has appealed to all the provincial lawmakers to cast votes for him.
Addressing the Provincial Assembly meeting today, Chief Minister Gurung asked for votes saying that the opposition alliance is unlikely to garner majority to form the new government.
Lawmakers will express their views on the confidence motion floated by Chief Minister Gurung and finally the motion will be decided through voting.
Similarly, independent lawmaker Rajiv Gurung alias Dipak Manange is absent in the meeting.
Earlier, Manange was in support of Chief Minister Gurung.
Out of 60 lawmakers in the Gandaki Provincial Assembly, 31 votes are required to secure the vote of confidence.
Chief Minister Gurung is unlikely to secure the vote of confidence as the other parties have decided not to cast votes for him while the ruling the CPN-UML has only 27 lawmakers.
Opposition parties have a total of 32 lawmakers (Nepali Congress (NC) 15, CPN (Maoist Center) 12, Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) two and Rastriya Janamorcha (RJM) three).
RJM lawmaker Krishna Thapa has decided to cross the floor. Since independent lawmaker Manange is absent in the meeting, the opposition alliance is unlikely to garner majority to form a new government.
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