BIRATNAGAR: Koshi Province Chief Minister Uddhav Thapa has sent a letter to the main opposition party CPN-UML and Rastriya Prajatantra Party (RPP) on Sunday seeking their support for a vote of confidence.
Chief Minister Thapa is taking the vote of confidence from the provincial assembly on Monday.
“The Chief Minister has sent us a letter today asking for a vote of confidence,” said UML chief whip Revati Raman Bhandari.
However, he (Bhandari) hinted that the possibility of UML giving a vote of confidence to Chief Minister Thapa is low.
In the provincial assembly, the ruling coalition has 47 votes, with Nepali Congress 29, CPN-Maoist Center 13, CPN-Unified Socialists 4 and Janata Samajbadi Party 1. In the opposition, UML has 40 votes (including the Deputy Speaker) and RPP has 6 votes making the opposition votes 46.
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