KATHMANDU, MARCH 31
The Nepali Congress Bagmati Province Committee has directed its parliamentary party to vote against Bagmati Province Chief Minister Shalikram Jamkattel.
The work execution committee meeting, chaired by Nepali Congress Bagmati Province President Indra Bahadur Baniya on Sunday, instructed all party MPs not to remain neutral but to vote against the vote of confidence.
Chief Minister Jamkattel is scheduled to undergo a vote of confidence tomorrow (April 1) in the Bagmati Province Assembly. If any party in the government coalition withdraws its support, the Chief Minister is obligated to face a confidence motion within 30 days as per the constitution.
Jamkattel must secure 56 votes to maintain a majority in the 110-member Province Assembly.
In the Province Assembly, there are 37 members of Nepali Congress, 27 of UML, 21 of the Maoist Centre, 13 of RPP, seven of CPN (Unified Socialist), three of the Nepal Workers and Peasant Party, and two of the Hamro Nepali Party.
