KATHMANDU: Nepali Congress (NC) President Sher Bahadur Deuba briefed his party leaders to “forget” about the possibility of forming a majority government.
NC President Deuba said this at a meeting of the party office-bearers and former office-bearers at his residence in Budhanilkantha on Thursday.
“Now that since Madhav Kumar Nepal has agreed to hold talks with Prime Minister KP Oli, we cannot do anything now,” a source quoted Deuba as saying.
With at least 20 more UML leaders resigning, the Nepali Congress was expecting a majority to form a new government under its leadership.
Last Monday, Prime Minister KP Oli, who is also the CPN-UML chairperson, lost the vote of confidence in the House of Representatives.
After that, President Bidya Devi Bhandari had given time to the parties to form a majority government as per Article 76 (2) of the constitution.
That time ends at 9 pm on Thursday.
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