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Prime Minister Oli Loses Vote of Confidence in Parliament 

CPN (UML)-led government that once enjoyed nearly two-third majority in the parliament toppled 

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Prime Minister Oli Loses Vote of Confidence in Parliament 
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May 10:  Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli has lost vote of confidence in the House of Representatives, leading to an exit of the Communist government that rose to the power in February 2018 with the support of nearly two-third majority in the parliament.
The House’s special session on Monday rejected the Prime Minister Oli’s motion of confidence as 124 out of 232 members present in the meeting of the HoR voted against him. The Prime Minister’s motion of confidence was able to secure only 93 votes in the House. 
Prime Minister Oli needed 136 votes in the HoR which has 271 members. 
Not only the CPN (Maoist Center)—another communist party that was earlier a coalition partner—voted against the motion, 28 parliamenterians close to Madhav Kumar Nepal-led faction of PM Oli’s own CPN (UML) abstained from the House meeting amid escalating intra-party rivalry.  Nepali Congress, the main opposition party, also stood against the motion. So did Rastriya Janamorcha Nepal. 
Similarly, 15 parliamentarians of Janata Samajwadi Party (JSP) remained neutral. Interestingly, 15 members of the same party voted against Prime Minister Oli. JSP was also sharply divided on whether to vote against the motion. 


PROCESS FOR THE FORMATION OF MAJORITY GOVT BEGINS 
With the Prime Minister Oli’s ouster, President Bidya Devi Bhandari started a process to form the majority government. Issuing a notice on Monday after Prime Minister Oli lost vote of confidence in the House, President Bhandari issued a notice asking any member to claim majority in the parliament with the support of two or more than two parties by Thursday to get appointed as the new Prime Minister of the country.   The President issued the notice as per the Article 76(2) of the Constitution of Nepal. As per the article, the President shall appoint as the Prime Minister a member of the House who can command majority with the support of two or more parties representing to the House in cases where no party has a clear majority in the House. 
 

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